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refactor!: shorter constructors, bucketsubtable (#22)
## Description

Currently, the name of `bucket` is a bit confusing, because it is considered a 'table' in literature (as well as the whole hash table). A `bucket` is better described as a 'subtable', which is used by the total hash table to perform cuckoo hashing.

In addition, the constructors `NewTable`, `NewTableBy`, and `NewCustomTable` were given shorter names, because the package name `cuckoo` already implies that `New*` would create a hash table with cuckoo hashing. This package has one use-case, and so it unambiguous what constructors produce.

## Changes

- `NewTable` -> `New`
- `NewTableBy` -> `NewBy`
- `NewCustomTable` -> `NewCustom`
- `bucket` -> `subtable`

### Design Decisions

- I would have renamed `Table` and `subtable` to map equivalents, but 'submap' implies that a certain subsection of the map is contained within it, which isn't quite right.
- I chose not to go with `Map` and `table`, because of the split naming convention.

## Checklist

- [x] Tests pass
- [x] Docs updated

Reviewed-on: #22
Co-authored-by: M.V. Hutz <git@maximhutz.me>
Co-committed-by: M.V. Hutz <git@maximhutz.me>
2026-04-16 03:15:39 +00:00

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package cuckoo_test
import (
"fmt"
"git.maximhutz.com/tools/go-cuckoo"
)
// This example demonstrates what happens when EqualFunc and Hash disagree on
// equality. Although 'isEqual' only compares user IDs, but the hashes use the
// entire 'User' object. So, two objects with the same ID but different names
// hash to different slots, so the table cannot find them.
func ExampleEqualFunc_badEqualFunc() {
type User struct{ ID, Name string }
makeHash := func(seed uint64) cuckoo.Hash[User] {
return func(u User) uint64 {
digest := seed
for _, c := range u.ID + u.Name {
digest ^= uint64(c)
}
return digest
}
}
// Two users with the same ID are equal.
isEqual := func(a, b User) bool { return a.ID == b.ID }
userbase := cuckoo.NewCustom[User, bool](makeHash(1), makeHash(2), isEqual)
(userbase.Put(User{"1", "Robert Doe"}, true))
fmt.Println("Has Robert?", userbase.Has(User{"1", "Robert Doe"}))
fmt.Println("Has Johanna?", userbase.Has(User{"2", "Johanna Smith"}))
// The hashes are different, so even though the equal function returns true,
// the table does not recognize it.
fmt.Println("Equal?", isEqual(User{"1", "Rob Doe"}, User{"1", "Robert Doe"}))
fmt.Println("Has Rob?", userbase.Has(User{"1", "Rob Doe"}))
// Output:
// Has Robert? true
// Has Johanna? false
// Equal? true
// Has Rob? false
}