Are dictionaries the same as hashtables?

[John Machin]

On Aug 26, 5:43 pm, Martin Marcher <mar... at marcher.name> wrote:
> On 2008-08-26 00:32:20, cnb wrote:
>
> > Are dictionaries the same as hashtables?
>
> Yes, but there is nothing in there that does sane collision handling
> like making a list instead of simply overwriting.
>

Please clarify: (1) Nothing in where? In the Python dictionary
implementation? (2) What do you mean by "sane collision handling"?
What do you mean by "simply overwriting"?

TIA,
John