golden test data for hash functions

[Manlio Perillo]

What is the reason why test data for hash functions is always called golden?

Thanks  Manlio

[Caleb Spare]

This is testing nomenclature for known good data against which the
output of some process/function can be compared. Presumably it comes
from the idea of a "gold standard".

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[Manlio Perillo]

Ok, thanks.

However it is not clear if data come from some external source or it
was created by go developers. A comment should be added, IMHO.
Moreover there are some inconsistency: the adler32 test has additional
data, and the fnv test has only few entries from the golden data.

Manlio

[Peter Weinberger]

It's technical jargon:

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/golden-record

says

"A golden record is a single, well-defined version of all the data entities in an organizational ecosystem. In this context, a golden record is sometimes called the "single version of the truth," where "truth" is understood to mean the reference to which data users can turn when they want to ensure that they have the correct version of a piece of information. "

On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Manlio Perillo <manlio....@gmail.com> wrote:

What is the reason why test data for hash functions is always called golden?

Thanks  Manlio

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