y. </p>
<h2>EAHashString</h2>
<p>String hashes are probably the most common hashes used in game development. There is a particular interest in having string hashes that are fast but reasonably collision-free in practice. Cryptographical security is not of interest to string hashes. However, being able to do a case-insensitive hash often is. </p>
<p>String hashes are different from binary hashes in that they hash characters and not bytes. Thus, the hash for the 8 bit string &quot;hello&quot; will be the same