On 3/20/2010 7:06 AM, Mark Dickinson wrote:
Will this change the result of hashing a long? I know that both gmpy
and SAGE use their own hash implementations for performance reasons. I
understand that CPython's hash function is an implementation detail,
but there are external modules that rely on the existing hash
behavior.
Yes, it would change the hash of a long.
What external modules are there that rely on existing hash behaviour?
And exactly what behaviour do they rely on?
Depending on specifics of CPython's hash is a 'do at your own risk'
enterprise, like CPython bytecode hacks.
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