[issue16427] Faster hash implementation

[Gregory P. Smith]

Gregory P. Smith added the comment:

> > Note that the patch uses type punning through a union
>
> What is the standard and portable way to cast an array of bytes to size_t?

I'd expect just casting the pointer type before dereferencing:

unsigned char *p;
...
hash = (multiplier * hash) ^ *((Py_uhash_t *)p);

(don't use size_t, use Py_uhash_t)

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