Path: csiph.com!optima2.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!border1.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!bcyclone03.am1.xlned.com!bcyclone03.am1.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed8.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.107 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.79; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:How': 0.09; 'handled.': 0.09; "(i'm": 0.16; 'to:name:python-list@python.org': 0.20; 'gather': 0.22; 'trying': 0.22; 'seems': 0.23; 'implemented': 0.24; 'entries': 0.27; 'correct': 0.28; 'actual': 0.28; "i'm": 0.30; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.34; 'this?': 0.34; 'list': 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.36; 'subject:work': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'thanks': 0.37; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.37; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'still': 0.40; 'hello,': 0.40; 'some': 0.40; 'header:Message-Id:1': 0.61; 'linked': 0.63; 'more': 0.63; 'information': 0.63; 'underneath': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:from:content-type:message-id:date:to :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=JYJ60qlUCUkIcqGlSPqiMMD6WCyG/aTPQQAeoCe5E9A=; b=j0cssBSCDyMejVciuecpRH70aPcPkqter7szXNtbWbNgMBF1wQABB5fr+zIeU8m27S ZkkdzNWiZ31lGtOVMP7w0rCLCoJ7oza2Hi68bKWQOUDrRwY9VlOtS036wOpQmkKxjDKe fpWOq50frpAUlzFeggxUg3MNlOncNHK1/eLORfAsQI3rV/OBzMbn0/k1iQ6xKQJoUTfJ OH19gjV8x/txffSUNjk6zKSjv8EPo8KrVDuF3Z/AqL9bUNZQDtEnQavmTgAs+MptCw6w G7MepB2UT25fOOadbmz8QKs891e0B3oQwzgyZ4F0RZxd8b0wKiS8Y0322n1oR6PQg7zb dymw== X-Received: by 10.55.25.30 with SMTP id k30mr18760873qkh.26.1437068393213; Thu, 16 Jul 2015 10:39:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: How does a dictionary work exactly? From: "yoursurrogategod@gmail.com" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (12F70) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:39:47 -0400 To: "python-list@python.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 13 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1437068401 news.xs4all.nl 2899 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:56933 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl X-Received-Bytes: 3247 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2194536597 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:93941 Hello, I was trying to see how some have implemented a hashtable. I took a gather a= t dictobject.h/.c. It seems that underneath it all it's a linked list and t= hat is used in order to store the actual information (I'm looking at PyDictE= ntry.) Am I correct in my assumption or is there more to this? I'm still looking i= nto how new entries are handled. =20 Thanks