Hi Mark, Hows things?
I think the MObjectHandle is returning the its MObject.__hash__() and as 2 MObjectHandles can point to the same MObject you'll get the same uuid. -Dave On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Mark Jackson <mark...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm revisiting the Red9_Meta caching setup and am looking at the > possibility of using the MObjectHandles hashID as a key in the MetaCache > that I build up, currently I store the key as the dag path which is > obviously not optimal. The cache saves any object being instantiated twice > by the factory class and speeds things up considerably. > > However, reading through the docs it seems that the hashID isn't actually > unique, from the api docs: > > *"The returned hash code is not unique: several internal Maya objects may > return the same code. However different MObjectHandles whose MObjects refer > to the same internal Maya object will return the same hash code."* > > Can anybody shed any light on this, am I barking up the wrong tree here? > > cheers > > Mark > > ------------------------------------- > Mark Jackson > CEO / Technical Director > red9consultancy.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAGQH2FFG-jF%3DO6qtyPxwWp5jno%3DCk%3D5cJie9uaro7RpoC7p_SA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAGQH2FFG-jF%3DO6qtyPxwWp5jno%3DCk%3D5cJie9uaro7RpoC7p_SA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- *David Moulder* Technical Animator / Artist squis...@gmail.com *Professional Profile <http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/david-moulder/1/b12/b5a>* Mobile: +44 (0)7814033242 See who we know in common <http://www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/5748982/?hs=false&tok=3tztwkse1silw1>Want a signature like this? <http://www.linkedin.com/e/sig/5748982/?hs=false&tok=3pwLU9-mBsilw1> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CABD4PkQGSCXYRRrjdy0od49cSPqiF99TrhxehgnSUz8GBum8eA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
