[Python-3000] object.__hash__()

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Fri Jul 28 16:38:52 CEST 2006


Steven Bethard wrote:
> If object.__hash__() disappeared, the hash(obj) versions would fail,
> but the same results seem to be available as hash(id(obj)).

Not in Jython - Jython's id() is expensive so the default hash() doesn't use it.

Last time the idea of getting rid of object.__hash__() came up, Guido 
eventually killed the idea because nobody could come up with an acceptable 
alternate spelling for the default hash.

Cheers,
Nick.

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