Any built-in ishashable method ?

[Kushal Kumaran]

Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> writes:

> Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
>
>> That brings me to another question, is there any valid test case where
>> key1 != key2 and hash(key1) == hash(key2) ? Or is it some kind of design
>> flaw ?
>
> I don't think there is a use case for such a behaviour other than annoying 
> your collegues ;)
>

It's fairly common.  The set of possible keys can be much larger
(possibly infinite) than the set of possible hash values (restricted to
32-bit or 64-bit integer values, afaict).

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regards,
kushal