hash(unicode(string)) == hash(string) sometimes

[Skip Montanaro]

>>>>> "Martin" == Martin v Loewis <martin at v.loewis.de> writes:

    Martin> sjmachin at lexicon.net (John Machin) writes:
    >> ... making hash(string) always do hash(unicode(string)) ...

    Martin> The real solution, IMO, is to never change the system default
    Martin> encoding.

Veering off on a tangent, the question of raw_input failing for latin-1
input came up on python-help in the last day.  The suggested solution was to
change the system default encoding.  If not that, then what?

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