Any built-in ishashable method ?
Kushal Kumaran
kushal.kumaran+python at gmail.com
Fri Jan 18 20:36:32 EST 2013
Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> writes:
> Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
>
>> That brings me to another question, is there any valid test case where
>> key1 != key2 and hash(key1) == hash(key2) ? Or is it some kind of design
>> flaw ?
>
> I don't think there is a use case for such a behaviour other than annoying
> your collegues ;)
>
It's fairly common. The set of possible keys can be much larger
(possibly infinite) than the set of possible hash values (restricted to
32-bit or 64-bit integer values, afaict).
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regards,
kushal
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