Different Random Numbers Between Already/Not Yet Compiled Code

Eric Eide eeide at cs.utah.edu
Fri Jan 25 12:54:25 EST 2002


"Tim" == Tim Peters <tim.one at home.com> and
"Eric" == Eric Eide <eeide at cs.utah.edu> and
"Michael" == Michael Hudson <mwh at python.net> write:

	Tim> [...] but Python won't *let* you use instances as dict keys unless
	Tim> you define both or neither of
	Tim> 
	Tim> 1. __hash__
	Tim> 2. One of {__cmp__, __eq__}

	Eric> Well, it let me, AFAIK.  See the code below, which uses instances
	Eric> of `Product' as dictionary keys.

	Michael> I think you've misread what Tim wrote.

Oops!  I did misread what Tim wrote; I missed ``neither of.''  My apologies!

Eric.

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