>>>>> "Kerry, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (KR) wrote:
>KR> The hash is not expected to be unique, it just provides a starting point >KR> for another search (usually linear ?). >KR> See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function That only contains a definition of a hash function. I know what a hash function is. But the OP wanted to use the hash as a unique key. -- Piet van Oostrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://www.cs.uu.nl/~piet [PGP 8DAE142BE17999C4] Private email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list