A Go interface may hold any number of different concrete types.
Just because two underlying values hash to the same thing
does not mean the two values are identical if they have different
concrete types. As such, include the type in the hash.
Seed the hash upon first use with the current time.
This ensures that the stability of the hash is bounded within
the lifetime of one program execution.
Hopefully, this prevents future bugs where someone assumes that
this hash is stable.
Signed-off-by: Joe Tsai <joetsai@digital-static.net>
The fact that Hash returns a [sha256.Size]byte leaks details about
the underlying hash implementation. This could very well be any other
hashing algorithm with a possible different block size.
Abstract this implementation detail away by declaring an opaque type
that is comparable. While we are changing the signature of UpdateHash,
rename it to just Update to reduce stutter (e.g., deephash.Update).
Signed-off-by: Joe Tsai <joetsai@digital-static.net>
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