John Machin: > Consider this:>>> hash(123) == hash(123.0) == hash(123L) > True
Right... Can you explain me why Python designers have chosen to build a hash() like that? > Try "uses all the information that is relevant to the task". My knowledge of hash data structures seems not enough to understand why. > Your alternative solution using reduce and xor may have suboptimal > characteristics ... Right, sorry. Bye, bearophile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
