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diff --git a/gnu/packages/gperf.scm b/gnu/packages/gperf.scm index 3a9d2d97d8..d9e80337d4 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/gperf.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/gperf.scm @@ -39,15 +39,8 @@ (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/") (synopsis "Perfect hash function generator") (description - "GNU gperf is a perfect hash function generator. For a given -list of strings, it produces a hash function and hash table, in -form of C or C++ code, for looking up a value depending on the -input string. The hash function is perfect, which means that -the hash table has no collisions, and the hash table lookup -needs a single string comparison only. - -GNU gperf is highly customizable. There are options for -generating C or C++ code, for emitting switch statements or -nested ifs instead of a hash table, and for tuning the algorithm -employed by gperf.") + "gperf is a perfect hash function generator. For a given list of strings, +it produces a hash function and hash table in C or C++ code. That the hash +function is perfect means that no collisions can exist and that look-ups can be +made by single string comparisons.") (license gpl3+))) |