Sets in Python

Thu Sep 20 09:14:38 EDT 2007

>>>>> Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVE-THIS-cybersource.com.au> (SD) wrote:

>SD> In other words, if you have two mutable objects M1 and M2, then you 
>SD> expect:

>SD> hash(M1) == hash(M2) if and only if M1 and M2 are equal
>SD> hash(M1) != hash(M2) if M1 and M2 are unequal

Huh? Unequal things may hash to the same value. That one of the essential
properties of a hash function.
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