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Because a hash is by definition a one-way mapping, so then you'd have to keep a map of the reverse mapping hash -> state, which obviously gets impractical with
by linked_list 11mo ago
Because a hash is by definition a one-way mapping, so then you'd have to keep a map of the reverse mapping hash -> state, which obviously gets impractical with state such as page index or search terms. Better just make two-way "compression" mapping
- yreg 11mo agoThey probably have meant something like base64 encode
- linked_list 11mo agoIf you base64 encode an ascii string it gets 33% longer