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Lie Ryan wrote:
> 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.

I think he's a bot, and he's been in my killfile for a while now.

~Ethan~

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Re: order independent hash? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2011-11-30 13:47 +0100
  Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-01 07:35 -0800
  Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-01 07:35 -0800
    Re: order independent hash? Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2011-12-01 10:52 -0500
      Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-01 08:17 -0800
      Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-01 08:17 -0800
    Re: order independent hash? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 03:18 +1100
      Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-01 20:29 -0800
        Re: order independent hash? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 16:00 +1100
          Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-01 21:48 -0800
            Re: order independent hash? Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2011-12-05 00:40 +1100
          Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-01 21:48 -0800
            Re: order independent hash? Roel Schroeven <rschroev_nospam_ml@fastmail.fm> - 2011-12-04 14:41 +0100
              Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-04 07:39 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-12-04 10:41 -0700
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-04 10:06 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-12-04 13:13 -0700
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-04 15:17 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? Matt Joiner <anacrolix@gmail.com> - 2011-12-05 10:21 +1100
                Re: order independent hash? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-12-04 16:24 -0700
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-04 16:52 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-05 02:00 +0000
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-04 16:52 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2011-12-05 12:59 +1100
                Re: order independent hash? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-12-04 18:08 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-12-05 15:52 +1100
                Re: order independent hash? Matt Joiner <anacrolix@gmail.com> - 2011-12-05 14:02 +1100
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-06 21:24 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-06 21:24 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-04 15:17 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-12-04 19:28 -0500
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-04 10:06 -0800
          Re: order independent hash? Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2011-12-02 10:53 +0100
            Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-02 03:48 -0800
            Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-02 09:00 -0800
            Re: order independent hash? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-12-02 16:40 -0500
              Re: order independent hash? Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2011-12-04 14:55 +0100
                Re: order independent hash? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-05 01:08 +1100
                Re: order independent hash? Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2011-12-07 14:28 +0100
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-07 09:48 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2011-12-04 12:57 -0600
                Re: order independent hash? Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2011-12-08 10:30 +0100
                Re: order independent hash? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-09 11:27 +0000
                Re: order independent hash? Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2011-12-09 17:51 +0100
                Re: order independent hash? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-10 04:13 +1100
                Re: order independent hash? Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2011-12-11 10:58 +1100
                Re: order independent hash? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-11 11:17 +1100
                Re: order independent hash? Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2011-12-11 14:04 +1100
        Re: order independent hash? Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2011-12-05 00:29 +1100
      Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-01 20:29 -0800
      Re: order independent hash? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-02 04:33 +0000

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