Instead of carrying an optimized version of wyhash in the compiler for
small keys, put it into the std lib where it belongs.
...except it does not match the official test cases. This will need to
be fixed before merging into master. This is an extremely
contributor-friendly task.
Related issue: #15916
These changes have been made to resolve issue #10037. The `Random`
interface was implemented in such a way that causes significant slowdown
when calling the `fill` function of the rng used.
The `Random` interface is no longer stored in a field of the rng, and is
instead returned by the child function `random()` of the rng. This
avoids the performance issues caused by the interface.
We already have a LICENSE file that covers the Zig Standard Library. We
no longer need to remind everyone that the license is MIT in every single
file.
Previously this was introduced to clarify the situation for a fork of
Zig that made Zig's LICENSE file harder to find, and replaced it with
their own license that required annual payments to their company.
However that fork now appears to be dead. So there is no need to
reinforce the copyright notice in every single file.
This breaking change disambiguates between overriding the lib dir when
performing an installation with the Zig Build System, and overriding the
lib dir that the Zig installation itself uses.
SipHash *is* a cryptographic function, with a 128-bit security level.
However, it is not a regular hash function: a secret key is required,
and knowledge of that key allows collisions to be quickly computed offline.
SipHash is therefore more suitable to be used as a MAC.
The same API as other MACs was implemented in addition to functions directly
returning an integer.
The benchmarks have been updated accordingly.
No changes to the SipHash implementation itself.
