__hash__ not in genindex.html
Thomas Heller
theller at python.net
Wed May 28 13:35:55 EDT 2003
> > It would be nice if __hash__ would be in:
> > http://www.python.org/doc/lib/genindex.html
>
> Hm... but __hash__ is not documented in the Library Reference, so
> it's not obvious what such an index entry would refer to.
>
> The other __foo__ in the Library Reference index are actually from
> the operator module, which does not include hash(), since that's a
> built-in function anyway. (Note that hash() *is* documented in
> the Library Reference
> <http://www.python.org/doc/lib/built-in-funcs.html#l2h-26>
> and does appear in the index.)
>
> __hash__ is documented among the other special methods in the
> Language Reference
> <http://www.python.org/doc/ref/customization.html#l2h-97>
> and appears in the corresponding index.
>
> (An amalgamated index for all the documentation might be useful.)
The pyhelp.cgi search 'engine' finds __hash__ by searching all indexes
of the Python manuals, you can even use regular expressions to search:
http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/pyhelp.cgi?keyword=__hash__&version=devel
Thomas
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