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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 16:24:49 -0700
Subject: Re: order independent hash?
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On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 4:17 PM, 88888 Dihedral
<dihedral88888@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Please explain what you think a hash function is, then. =A0Per
>> Wikipedia, "A hash function is any algorithm or subroutine that maps
>> large data sets to smaller data sets, called keys."
>>
>> > Are you miss-leading the power of true OOP ?
>>
>> I have no idea what you are suggesting. =A0I was not talking about OOP a=
t all.
>
> In python the (k,v) pair in a dictionary k and v can be =A0both an object=
s.
> v can be a tuple or a list. =A0There are some restrictions on k to be an
> =A0hashable type in python's implementation. The key is used to compute t=
he position of the pair to be stored in a =A0hash table. The hash function =
maps key k to the position in the hash table. If k1!=3Dk2 are both =A0mappe=
d to the same
> position, then something has to be done to resolve this.

I understand how dicts / hash tables work.  I don't need you to
explain that to me.  What you haven't explained is why you stated that
a hash function that operates on objects is not a hash function, or
what you meant by "misleading the power of true OOP".