static long
string_hash(PyStringObject *a)
{
    register Py_ssize_t len;
    register unsigned char *p;
    register long x;

#ifdef Py_DEBUG
    assert(_Py_HashSecret_Initialized);
#endif
    if (a->ob_shash != -1)
        return a->ob_shash;
    len = Py_SIZE(a);
    /*
      We make the hash of the empty string be 0, rather than using
      (prefix ^ suffix), since this slightly obfuscates the hash secret
    */
    if (len == 0) {
        a->ob_shash = 0;
        return 0;
    }
    p = (unsigned char *) a->ob_sval;
    x = _Py_HashSecret.prefix;
    x ^= *p << 7;
    while (--len >= 0)
        x = (1000003*x) ^ *p++;
    x ^= Py_SIZE(a);
    x ^= _Py_HashSecret.suffix;
    if (x == -1)
        x = -2;
    a->ob_shash = x;
    return x;
}