[Python-Dev] Hash collision security issue (now public)

Christian Heimes lists at cheimes.de
Thu Dec 29 14:34:59 CET 2011


Am 29.12.2011 11:32, schrieb Antoine Pitrou:
>> If I remember correctly CPython uses the long for its hash function so
>> 64bit Windows uses a 32bit hash.
> 
> Not anymore, Py_hash_t is currently aligned with Py_ssize_t.

Thanks for the update. Python 2.x still uses long and several large
frameworks like Zope/Plone require 2.x.

Christian


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