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Possible performance improvement by replacing % (modulo) with multiply + shift

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Description

This is described in http://lemire.me/blog/2016/06/27/a-fast-alternative-to-the-modulo-reduction/

(I'm looking for a fast Bloom filter implementation, and found your implementation uses modulo which is a bit slow.)

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Research direction

Start with the Bloom filter implementation that currently uses modulo and read the linked Lemire article. Benchmark the existing reduction against the proposed approach while checking that filter behavior remains unchanged; done means a measured performance improvement with no regression in correctness.

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
performance
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
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Needs clarification
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