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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