On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 21:33, Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org>wrote:
> 2012/1/27 Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info>: > > Benjamin Peterson wrote: > >> > >> Hello everyone, > >> In effort to get a fix out before Perl 6 goes mainstream, Barry and I > >> have decided to pronounce on what we want for our stable releases. > >> What we have decided is that > >> 1. Simple hash randomization is the way to go. We think this has the > >> best chance of actually fixing the problem while being fairly > >> straightforward such that we're comfortable putting it in a stable > >> release. > >> 2. It will be off by default in stable releases and enabled by an > >> envar at runtime. This will prevent code breakage from dictionary > >> order changing as well as people depending on the hash stability. > > > Great! > > > > Do you have the expectation that it will become on by default in some > future > > release? > > Yes, 3.3. The solution in 3.3 could even be one of the more > sophisticated proposals we have today. I think that would be good. And I would even argue we remove support for turning it off to force people to no longer lean on dict ordering as a crutch (in 3.3 obviously).
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