hashing an array - howto

[bearophileHUGS at lycos.com]

John Machin:
> Consider this:>>> hash(123) == hash(123.0) == hash(123L)
> True

Right... Can you explain me why Python designers have chosen to build
a hash() like that?


> Try "uses all the information that is relevant to the task".

My knowledge of hash data structures seems not enough to understand
why.


> Your alternative solution using reduce and xor may have suboptimal
> characteristics ...

Right, sorry.

Bye,
bearophile