sclass HashedByteArray is Comparable<HashedByteArray> {
  byte[] data;
  int hashCode;
  
  *() {}
  *(byte[] *data) {}
  
  public int hashCode() {
    if (hashCode == 0)
      hashCode = oneIfZero(arrayHashCode(data));
    ret hashCode;
  }
  
  public bool equals(O o) {
    if (o cast HashedByteArray)
      ret this == o || hashCode() == o.hashCode() && byteArraysEqual(data, o.data);
    false;
  }
  
  // we interpret the bytes as ubytes
  public int compareTo(HashedByteArray a) {
    ret Arrays.compareUnsigned(data, a.data);
  }
  
  toString {
    ret bytesToHex(data);
  }
}