[Python-Dev] For Python 3k, drop default/implicit hash, and comparison

[Noam Raphael]

On 11/27/05, Samuele Pedroni <pedronis at strakt.com> wrote:
> well, this still belongs to comp.lang.python.
...
> not if you think python-dev is a forum for such discussions
> on OO thinking vs other paradigms.

Perhaps my style made it look like a discussion on OO thinking vs
other paradigms, but my conclusion is exactly about the issue of this
thread -
Jim suggested to drop default __hash__ and __eq__ for Python 3K. Guido
decided not to, because it's useful to use them for identity-based
comparison and lookup. I say that I disagree, because I think that
__hash__ and __eq__ should be used for value-based comparison and
lookup, and because if the user of the object does explicit
identity-based comparison/lookup, it doesn't matter to him whether
__hash__ and __eq__ are defined or not. I also suggested, in a way,
that it's OK to define a default value-based __eq__ method.

Noam