[Python-Dev] cpython: Describe the default hash correctly, and mark a couple of CPython

Charles-François Natali cf.natali at gmail.com
Sun May 20 13:04:13 CEST 2012


Is documenting such implementation details really a good idea?
Apart from preventing further evolutions/improvements/fixes (like the
recent hash randomization), I don't see any benefit in exposing such
details.
FWIW, I clearly remember Josh Bloch warning against this type of
documentation in one of its presentations (and in his excellent
"Effective Java").

Cheers,

cf


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