On 2020-08-26 at 22:10:26 +0200,
Marco Sulla <marco.sulla.pyt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As title ...
Assuming that the title appears prominently with the content of your
email. For the rest of us:
Why __hash__() does not return an UUID4?
> ... The reasons that came in my mind are:
>
> 1. speed
> 2. security
Correctness?
Why would __hash__() return a random number? An important property of
hashes is that if x == y, then hash(x) == hash(y). If hash(x) and
hash(y) were random numbers, then how would this property be maintained?
Or do UUID4 mean something else to you than a random number?
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