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167064SobrienThis is GNU gperf. It is a program that generates perfect hash 267064Sobrienfunctions for sets of key words. A perfect hash function is: 358551Skris 458551Skris A hash function and a data structure that allows 558551Skris recognition of a key word in a set of words using 618214Speter exactly 1 probe into the data structure. 758551Skris 867064SobrienThe doc/gperf.html file explains how the program works, the form of 967064Sobrienthe input, what options are available, and hints on choosing the best 1067064Sobrienoptions for particular key words set. 1158551Skris 1267064SobrienSee the file NEWS for a list of major changes in the current release. 1358551Skris 1467064SobrienSee the file INSTALL for compilation and installation instructions. 1567064Sobrien 1618214SpeterOutput from the GPERF program is used to recognize reserved words in 1718214Speterthe GNU C, GNU C++, and GNU Pascal compilers, as well as with the GNU 1818214Speterindent program. 1958551Skris 2067064SobrienFor general documentation on the coding and usage standards 2167064Sobrienthis distribution follows, see the GNU standards document 2267064Sobrienftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/standards.*, especially the 'Makefile 2367064SobrienConventions', 'Configuration', and 'User Interfaces' sections. 2458551Skris 2567064SobrienMail suggestions and bug reports to both <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org> and 2667064Sobrien<gperf-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net>. When reporting bugs, please 2767064Sobrieninclude in the subject line the package name and version (output of 2867064Sobrien'gperf --version') for which you found a problem. 2967064Sobrien 30