On Sep 6, 7:49 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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?
I can't channel them; my rationalisation is this: Following the Law of Least Astonishment, >> 123 == 123.0 == 123L True Consequently if x == y, then adict[x] and adict[y] should give the same result. Cheers, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
