Is there any way to determine the number of dictionary key collisions in a specific dictionary? Background: I'm working on a project using very large dictionaries (64 bit Python) and question from my client is how effective is Python's default hash technique for our data set? Their concern is based on the belief that Python's default dictionary hash scheme is optimized for 32 bit vs. 64 bit environments and may not have anticipated the additional range of keys that can be generated in a 64 bit environment. Our keys are based on 20 to 44 byte ASCII (7-bit) alpha-numeric strings. Thank you, Malcolm
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