On Jan 6, 2011, at 2:17 PM, Jon Sigman wrote: > Okay, I'm thoroughly confused now. What exactly is this hash value? The > documentation just says its "an integer that can be used as a table address > in a hash table structure." That doesn't mean much to me. > > Do the following two objects have the same hash value, and if so, why do > thay? How is it assigned? > id myStr1 = @"8760"; > id myStr2 = @"8760";
Yes, they do. Hashes are generated by the accessor, not assigned, and they are based on the contents of the object. Nick Zitzmann <http://www.chronosnet.com/> _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
