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On 12/05/2011 11:52 AM, 88888 Dihedral wrote:
> On Monday, December 5, 2011 7:24:49 AM UTC+8, Ian wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 4:17 PM, 88888 Dihedral
>> <dihedr...@googlemail.com>  wrote:
>>>> Please explain what you think a hash function is, then.  Per
>>>> 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.  I was not talking about OOP at all.
>>>
>>> In python the (k,v) pair in a dictionary k and v can be  both an objects.
>>> v can be a tuple or a list.  There are some restrictions on k to be an
>>>   hashable type in python's implementation. The key is used to compute the position of the pair to be stored in a  hash table. The hash function maps key k to the position in the hash table. If k1!=k2 are both  mapped 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".
>
> If v is a tuple or a list then a dictionary in python can replace a bi-directional list or a tree under the assumption that the hash which  accesses values stored in a  much faster way  when well implemented.

trying not to be rude, but the more you talk, the more I"m convince that 
you're trolling. Welcome to my killfile.