Determining number of dict key collisions in a dictionary

2008-12-02 Thread python
Is there any way to determine the number of dictionary key collisions in a specific dictionary? Background: I'm working on a project using very large dictionaries (64 bit Python) and question from my client is how effective is Python's default hash technique for our data set? Their concern is

Re: Determining number of dict key collisions in a dictionary

2008-12-02 Thread Roger Binns
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Background: I'm working on a project using very large dictionaries (64 bit Python) and question from my client is how effective is Python's default hash technique for our data set? Python hash functions return a long

Re: Determining number of dict key collisions in a dictionary

2008-12-02 Thread python
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:29:05 -0800 Subject: Re: Determining number of dict key collisions in a dictionary -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any ideas on why the Windows 64-bit version of Python has 32-bit vs. 64-bit