On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> In other words, objects that do not compare equal can also have the same > hash value (although too much of that will reduce the efficiency of > Python's containers). > Yes, I realize that unequal objects can return the same hash value with only performance, and not correctness, suffering. It's the performance I'm concerned about. That's what I meant by "...to keep from unnecessarily causing hash collisions..." in my original message, but sorry this wasn't clearer. We should be able to do this in a way that doesn't increase hash collisions unnecessarily.
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