On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Wolfgang Eder <[email protected]> wrote:

> hi,
> in recent discussions on this list, the idea of using hashes to
> identify or even name things is often mentioned.
> in this context, hashes are treated as being unique;
>
> albeit unlikely, it *is* possible that hashes are equal
> for two distinct things. are there ideas about
> how to handle such a situation?
>
> thanks and kind regards
> wolfgang
>

I would consider the correct response to a hash collision to be roughly
thus:

1) publish your collision far and wide

2) break out the champagne

3) celebrate having lived to see an event that needn't have ever happened,
and surely never will again.
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