To hash or not to hash (SOLVED)

[Pawel]

Hash() is really fast, however it is even better to pre-hash - you can pre-hash all values that you would like to use in the module and then require it whenever needed or make a global access, take a look here:

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Module with prehashed message ids As many of you know, it is a good practice to pre hash message ids, so for a generic solution prepare a module (e.g. msgs.lua) that just returns one table with key indexed hashes of message ids, like this for example: return { -- SYSTEM MESSAGES: CONTACT = hash("contact_point_response"), -- defold generated message, sent on one point collision of kinematic and dynamic objects COLLISION = hash("collision_response"), -- defold generated message, sent on collisi…

I’m using such module and whenever, it has also the advantage that you can change each value only in one module and you have all those values of course listed in one convenient place. I’m required a module as a global and I’m using everywhere m.ENABLE, m.START, m.ATTACK, etc.