// hashItem computes the slot an item hashes to, given a total number of slots. func hashItem(item string, nslots uint64) uint64 { digest := md5.Sum([]byt

// hashItem computes the slot an item hashes to, given a total number of slots. func hashItem(item string, nslots uint64) uint64 { digest := md5.Sum([]byte(item)) digestHigh := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(digest[8:16]) digestLow := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(digest[:8]) return (digestHigh | digestLow) % nslots } Should be using XOR: (digestHigh ^ digestLow) % nslots