On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 6:26 PM Steve White <stevan.wh...@gmail.com> wrote: > As near as I can tell, returning the id() in __hash__() results in a > perfect hash key. I really want to know if that is true. > Because if it is true, any further layer is simply covering for a > failing in the documentation.
Only if your __eq__() does not return True for anything other than itself. That is the entire definition of __hash__ - it needs to return the same value for two objects that are equal. This is exactly what the documentation said, as multiple people have posted here. If your object is equal only to itself, then its hash can be its identity. Otherwise it should not. It is that simple. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
