17 Feb
2016
17 Feb
'16
1:49 p.m.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 12:29 AM, Larry Hastings
int objects have their own hash algorithm, built in to long_hash() in Objects/longobject.c. The hash of an int is the value of the int, unless it's -1 or doesn't fit into the native type.
Can someone elaborate on this special case, please? I can see the code there, but there's no comment. Is there some value in not hashing to -1? ChrisA