Jeroen Demeyer <j.deme...@ugent.be> added the comment:

> Replacing DJBX33A's multiplier of 33 is also a different algorithm.  So is 
> working with inputs other than unsigned bytes.

I would argue that this is just extending the parameters of the algorithm. If 
the algorithm is general enough, then that shouldn't be a problem.

> So is mucking with the inputs before adding them in.

Not really. If you consider it an algorithm for hashing a sequence, that is 
just changing the input sequence.

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