[Python-Dev] Status of the fix for the hash collision vulnerability

Victor Stinner victor.stinner at haypocalc.com
Tue Jan 17 01:16:43 CET 2012


2012/1/17 Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney at gmail.com>:
> What if in a pathological collision (e.g. > 1000 collisions), we increased
> the size of a dict by a small but random amount?

It doesn't change anything, you will still get collisions.

Victor


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