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Re: Generate unique ID for URL

Date 2012-11-14 01:59 +0100
From Christian Heimes <christian@python.org>
Subject Re: Generate unique ID for URL
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Am 14.11.2012 01:41, schrieb Richard Baron Penman:
> I found the MD5 and SHA hashes slow to calculate.
> The builtin hash is fast but I was concerned about collisions. What
> rate of collisions could I expect?

Seriously? It takes about 1-5msec to sha1() one MB of data on a modern
CPU, 1.5 on my box. The openssl variants of Python's hash code release
the GIL so you use the power of all cores.

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Generate unique ID for URL Richard <richardbp@gmail.com> - 2012-11-13 15:20 -0800
  Re: Generate unique ID for URL John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2012-11-13 23:34 +0000
    Re: Generate unique ID for URL Richard <richardbp@gmail.com> - 2012-11-13 15:56 -0800
      Re: Generate unique ID for URL Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> - 2012-11-13 16:26 -0800
      Re: Generate unique ID for URL Richard Baron Penman <richardbp@gmail.com> - 2012-11-14 11:41 +1100
        Re: Generate unique ID for URL Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2012-11-14 10:44 +0100
          Re: Generate unique ID for URL Richard <richardbp@gmail.com> - 2012-11-14 03:14 -0800
      Re: Generate unique ID for URL Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> - 2012-11-14 01:43 +0100
        Re: Generate unique ID for URL Richard <richardbp@gmail.com> - 2012-11-13 16:50 -0800
          Re: Generate unique ID for URL Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> - 2012-11-14 02:05 +0100
      Re: Generate unique ID for URL Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> - 2012-11-14 01:59 +0100
        Re: Generate unique ID for URL Richard <richardbp@gmail.com> - 2012-11-13 17:18 -0800
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  Re: Generate unique ID for URL Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2012-11-13 16:13 -0800
    Re: Generate unique ID for URL Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-11-14 02:04 +0000
      Re: Generate unique ID for URL Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-13 18:32 -0800
        Re: Generate unique ID for URL Richard <richardbp@gmail.com> - 2012-11-13 19:12 -0800
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    Re: Generate unique ID for URL Richard <richardbp@gmail.com> - 2012-11-13 19:25 -0800
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        Re: Generate unique ID for URL Richard <richardbp@gmail.com> - 2012-11-13 19:56 -0800
      Re: Generate unique ID for URL Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-14 15:06 +1100
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        Re: Generate unique ID for URL Richard <richardbp@gmail.com> - 2012-11-13 20:14 -0800
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    Re: Generate unique ID for URL Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2012-11-14 12:29 +0100
      Re: Generate unique ID for URL Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-11-14 07:33 -0500
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