Fibonacci Hashing Function in Python Added

jsoncons v1.1.0 Release Notes

Release Date: January 4, 2026

🎉 Overview

jsoncons v1.1.0 introduces Fibonacci Hashing Integration, a powerful multiplicative hashing technique for efficient hash table indexing. This release adds new CLI commands, a comprehensive Fibonacci hashing function, and an educational Jupyter Notebook demonstrating performance benefits. All existing functionality remains fully backward compatible.

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✨ New Features

1. Fibonacci Hashing Function

A new fibonacci_hash_to_index() function provides efficient mapping of 64-bit hash values to indices in power-of-2 sized hash tables.

Key Benefits:

• ⚡ Performance: Uses only multiplication and bit-shift operations (faster than modulo hashing)
• 📊 Distribution: Uniform distribution across hash table indices using the golden ratio
• 🔧 Extensible: Foundation for future performance optimizations in internal data structures

Usage:

from jsoncons.cli import fibonacci_hash_to_index

# Map a hash value to a table index
index = fibonacci_hash_to_index(hash_value=12345, table_size_power_of_2=1024)
print(f"Hash index: {index}")  # Output: 0-1023

Technical Details:

• Uses the magic constant 11400714819323198485 (derived from 2^64 / φ, where φ is the golden ratio)
• Requires power-of-2 table sizes for optimal performance
• Raises ValueError for invalid inputs (non-power-of-2 sizes, zero, or negative values)

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2. New CLI Commands

process_json_fib

Fibonacci variant of JSON validation and formatting. Functionally identical to encode/decode with consistent command naming patterns.

# Process JSON with Fibonacci variant
jsoncons process_json_fib input.json output.json

# With formatting options
jsoncons process_json_fib --indent 4 --sort-keys input.json output.json

cobol_to_json_fib

Fibonacci variant of COBOL-to-JSON conversion. Uses the new parse_cobol_line_fib parser while maintaining identical output to the original command.

# Convert COBOL to JSON with Fibonacci variant
jsoncons cobol_to_json_fib --layout-file layout.json input.cobol output.json

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3. Comprehensive Jupyter Notebook Demo

A new Fibonacci_Hashing_Demo.ipynb notebook provides hands-on demonstrations of Fibonacci hashing principles:

Included Demonstrations:

• 📊 Performance Benchmarks: Compares Fibonacci, modulo, and bitwise AND hashing with 100,000+ operations
• 📈 Distribution Analysis: Histograms showing uniform distribution across hash table indices
• 🎓 Step-by-Step Visualization: Visual breakdown of the Fibonacci hashing algorithm
• 🔬 Educational Content: Learn advanced hashing techniques with practical examples
• 💡 Practical Applications: Real-world use cases and optimization strategies

Running the Notebook:

jupyter notebook Fibonacci_Hashing_Demo.ipynb

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🔄 Backward Compatibility

✅ All existing commands work unchanged:

• encode - Validate and pretty-print JSON
• decode - Alias for encode
• cobol_to_json - Convert COBOL data to JSON

No breaking changes. Existing workflows continue to function identically.

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🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed f-string compatibility issue in COBOL-to-JSON function (v1.0.4)
• Improved error handling for short COBOL records with proper padding and warnings

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📋 What is Fibonacci Hashing?

Fibonacci hashing is a multiplicative hashing technique that uses the golden ratio to distribute hash values uniformly across power-of-2 sized hash tables. It's particularly effective for:

• Hash table implementations where you need to map pre-computed hash values to table indices
• Performance-critical applications requiring faster hashing than modulo operations
• Uniform distribution of hash values across the available range

Why It Matters:

• Faster than integer modulo for arbitrary table sizes
• Comparable speed to bitwise AND for power-of-2 sizes
• Better distribution than simple bitwise AND operations
• Mixes bits effectively, spreading patterned inputs evenly

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🧪 Testing & Quality

• ✅ Comprehensive unit tests for all new functions
• ✅ Property-based tests verifying consistency and distribution
• ✅ Tested on Python 3.8+, 3.11.1, 3.11.2, 3.12.1
• ✅ Full backward compatibility verification

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📦 Installation

pip install jsoncons==1.1.0

Or upgrade from a previous version:

pip install --upgrade jsoncons

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🚀 Roadmap to v2.0.0

• Integration with IBM zOS
• Performance optimizations using Fibonacci hashing in internal data structures
• Enhanced COBOL field lookup with hash table acceleration
• Extended support for additional COBOL data types

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📝 Documentation

• README.md - General usage and feature overview
• README-fib.md - Detailed Fibonacci hashing implementation guide
• Fibonacci_Hashing_Demo.ipynb - Interactive demonstrations and benchmarks

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! To contribute:

1. Open an issue to discuss your change
2. Fork the repository
3. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/your-feature-name)
4. Make your changes and commit them
5. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/your-feature-name)
6. Open a Pull Request

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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🙏 Acknowledgments

Fibonacci hashing implementation based on established multiplicative hashing techniques using the golden ratio constant. Special thanks to the community for downloading jsoncons in 2025.

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📞 Support

For issues, questions, or feature requests, please visit the GitHub repository or open an issue.

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Happy hashing! 🎉

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