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In message <2ggqs65vbuqtamqq4318v0la4hged4a3ro@4ax.com>, Roedy Green wrote:

> The object as a whole has a hashCode.  that is just a 32 bit
> operation.

Is 32 bits enough for a hash code? Birthday paradox and all that...