[Python-ideas] [Python-Dev] Python 3.x and bytes

Fred Drake fdrake at acm.org
Wed May 18 23:04:13 CEST 2011


On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> I thought it was the other-way-round -- if they hash equal, they should
> compare equal?  Or is this just for immutables?

Two values that compare equal must have equal hashes.

Having equal hashes does not imply equality.


  -Fred

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