is hash map data structure available in Python?

[Terry Reedy]

"sturlamolden" <sturlamolden at yahoo.no> wrote in message 
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| On 19 Mar, 09:40, grbgooglefan <ganeshbo... at gmail.com> wrote:
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| > How do I create hash map in Python?
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| Python dictionaries are the fastest hash maps known to man.

If you only have keys (the names) and no values attached to them, then use 
a set.