Speed up Python2 nested loops with XOR

Question

The answer of the question this is marked duplicate of is wrong and does not satisfy my needs.

My code aims to calculate a hash from a seri

Answer 1

It looks like you can replace the inner loop and if with:

for j in range(length - i) val^=start+c c+=1 c+=i This should save some time when i gets bigger

I'm afraid I can't test this right now, sorry!