Replace standard library HashMap / HashSet with ahash #53
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The std::collections::HashMap uses a DOS-resistant but relatively slow hashing algorithm. In the case of osm4routing, HashMap is heavily used while reading .pbf files, even though cryptographic security is not required.
So why don't we replace it with much faster and lighter ahash instead?
my small criterion benchmark with osm.pbf of 500.000 people city highways shows around 18% perf improvement:
The change does not seem to break any public API. However, since it involves a type change, it may require a major version bump (0.8 ?)