Is the prime number 532660159 somehow "connected" to the STL?

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If you do a std::vector<double> v = std::vector<double>(); your vector is going to have a capacity equal to zero, fine.

Now I have an API having a function having a std::vector<double> reference parameter to which I pass a vector definied as above. And at debug, I see a capacity equal to ... 532660159.

At the beginning I thought it was an INT_MAX of some sort, until I check that it is a prime number (between 2^28 and 2^29, and it's not even the biggest prime number smaller than 2^29.)

Just to be really sure (I am already sure of it in fact, but before harassing the API guys) : is this number connected somehow to the STL ?

Some precisions. The real setting is that I am in Python, using an API binding c++ code, in fact binding std::vector<double> and a c++ function F having as parameter a reference to such a vector. I see a normal capacity (zero) after initializing the vector binder in the python code, and I see the capacity being this prime number immediately after entering the c++ function binding F.

Remark. Following a comment of hnefatl I did a little track down and : d:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.12.25827\include\xhash has #define _HASH_SEED (size_t)0xdeadbeef and size_t hash_value(const _Kty& _Keyval) uses it, and it appears in a comment in ... c:\PYTHON\PYTHON_OFFICIAL\python-3.6.3\include\abstract.h regarding the long PyObject_Hash(PyObject *o) which is implemented elsewhere, and used indeed I guess ... and I indeed rely on python-3.6.3 ...

Of course, I would like to give a minimal reproducing example, but it's not easy --> I will give it this week-end.

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asked on Stack Overflow Feb 2, 2018 by Olorin • edited Feb 2, 2018 by Olorin

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