hash()

[Tim Peters]

[John Marshall]
>>> For strings of > 1 character, what are the chances
>>> that hash(st) and hash(st[::-1]) would return the
>>> same value?

[Tim Peters]
>> First, if `st` is a string, `st[::-1]` is a list.  Do you really mean
>> to compare string hashes with list hashes here?  I'm going to assume
>> not.

[Jeff Epler]
> It is?
>
> >>> st = "french frogs"
> >>> st[::-1]
> 'sgorf hcnerf'
>
> (Python 2.3)

Indeed that's right.  Python 2.4+ also.  My apologies!  Good thing it
doesn't matter to the rest of the exposition ;-)