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From: "Arne Vajhøj" <arne.vajhøj@1:261/38.remove-pjg-this>
Subject: Re: hashCode
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  To: Roedy Green
From: Arne Vajhoj <arne@vajhoej.dk>

On 8/10/2012 3:17 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:47:12 -0700 (PDT), bob smith
> <bob@coolfone.comze.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
> who said :
>
>>      @Override
>>      public int hashCode() {
>>              return 1;
>>      }
>
> that's about the worst possible hashCode function.

Yes, but the posted asked "Is it always technically correct to ..." not whether 
is was "best possible".

Arne

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