candid_text_hash function
Implementation
int candid_text_hash(String text) {
// hash(id) = ( Sum_(i=0..k) utf8(id)[i] * 223^(k-i) ) mod 2^32 where k = |utf8(id)|-1
int hash = 0;
for (int b in utf8.encode(text)) {
hash = (((hash * 223) % pow(2, 32) as int) + b) % pow(2, 32) as int;
}
return hash;
}