General Hash Functions In Python

[Robert Kern]

Arash Partow wrote:
> That said, I believe at least one (most likely more) of
> the hash functions in the group above will most always work
> better (ala less collisions) than the standard default hash
> available in the built-in dict for any random set of strings.
> 
> Please feel free to prove me wrong :)

You have it backwards. You are the one making the positive assertion. You get to 
prove yourself correct.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
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