Newbie question about dictionaries

[Vladimir Cherepanov]

Thanks for the quick answer!
Is it right then that I have to implement a custom class for key objects if
I want to use a custom hash function?


"Gerhard Haering" <gerhard.haering at gmx.de> wrote in message
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> In article <ai3hvh$2a8n$1 at gavrilo.mtu.ru>, Vladimir Cherepanov wrote:
> > I've read that dictionaries are implemented as hash tables. Is there any
way
> > to specify a hash function?
>
> Sure there is. You need to implement a __hash__ method. It's described
here:
> http://www.python.org/doc/current/ref/customization.html
>
> Gerhard
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