Jim Jewett <jimjjew...@gmail.com> added the comment: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Dave Malcolm <dmalc...@redhat.com> added the comment:
> * added comments about the specialcasing of length 0: > /* > We make the hash of the empty string be 0, rather than using > (prefix ^ suffix), since this slightly obfuscates the hash secret > */ Frankly, other short strings may give away even more, because you can put several into the same dict. I would prefer that the randomization not kick in until strings are at least 8 characters, but I think excluding length 1 is a pretty obvious win. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13703> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
