Hello Sunil, > It is really nice that all the clojure-datastructures have a function > called hashCode.. IIRC this comes from Java where every object has a hashCode method.
> is it meant to be used by the end-user of clojure This is mostly used by Java (and in turn by Clojure) for equality testing and key generation (in hash tables). > if so what things can we assume about them? See http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#hashCode%28%29. Note that you can override hashCode in your code so it's not guaranteed to have the above behavior. HTH, -- Miki -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
