Magic Numbers
- Provide an extra layer of consistency checking
- Scope computes magic number from a hash code of
variable list field names
- Changing the variable list yields a different magic number
(with low probability of collision)
- Use flcomms -l to determine magic number...
- ...or compute it by hand (see FLC_HASH_INITIAL and
FLC_HASH_MULTIPLIER in flcomms.h header file)
- ...or use 0x0 as magic number to bypass check