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

[Terry Reedy]

On 12/31/2011 4:43 PM, PJ Eby wrote:

> Here's an idea.  Suppose we add a sys.hash_seed or some such, that's
> settable to an int, and defaults to whatever we're using now.  Then
> programs that want a fix can just set it to a random number,

I do not think we can allow that to change once there are hashed 
dictionaries existing.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy