Re: Any built-in ishashable method ?

From	Kushal Kumaran <kushal.kumaran+python@gmail.com>
Subject	Re: Any built-in ishashable method ?
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Date	2013-01-19 07:06 +0530
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Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> writes:

> Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
>
>> That brings me to another question, is there any valid test case where
>> key1 != key2 and hash(key1) == hash(key2) ? Or is it some kind of design
>> flaw ?
>
> I don't think there is a use case for such a behaviour other than annoying 
> your collegues ;)
>

It's fairly common.  The set of possible keys can be much larger
(possibly infinite) than the set of possible hash values (restricted to
32-bit or 64-bit integer values, afaict).

-- 
regards,
kushal

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Re: Any built-in ishashable method ? Kushal Kumaran <kushal.kumaran+python@gmail.com> - 2013-01-19 07:06 +0530

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