On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Keith Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> if two objects compare equal, then they must have the same hash [...]
>> [you] have to implement a corresponding -hash that maintains this invariant
>> rule.
>
> Is there an example somewhere of what one should do to implement -hash to
> reflect -isEqual:, I haven't done so in one of my classes and it works fine.
> Would you just combine the -hash of the objects used to determine -isEqual:
> in a logical manner, say XOR?

The only requirement is that if [objectA isEqual:objectB] returns true
then [objectA hash] == [objectB hash] must be true as well.

-Shawn
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