Am 31.12.2011 03:19, schrieb Steven D'Aprano: > How about using a similar strategy to the current dict behaviour with > __missing__ and defaultdict? Here's my suggestion: > > > - If a dict subclass defines __salt__, then it is called to salt the hash > value before lookups. If __salt__ is undefined or None, the current > behaviour remains unchanged.
This was my initial proposal, too. It took me a while to figure out that it won't work. Post-salting won't fix the issue. The random seed must be used as IV inside hashing algorithm. My brain was still in holiday mode and it took me a while to figure out the math. Sorry for any confusion! Christian _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
