Using filepath method to identify an .html page

[Ferrous Cranus]

Τη Τετάρτη, 23 Ιανουαρίου 2013 5:25:36 μ.μ. UTC+2, ο χρήστης Michael Torrie έγραψε:
> On 01/23/2013 12:25 AM, Ferrous Cranus wrote:
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> > <some perl code>
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> > Using that method ABC.html and CBA.html now have different values
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> > because each letter position's value gets bumped up increasingly from
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> > left to right.
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> You have run this little "hash" algorithm on a whole bunch of files, say
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> C:\windows\system32 right?  And how many collisions did you get?
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> You've already rejected using the file path or url as a key because it
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> could change.  Why are you wanting to do this hash based on the file's
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> path or url anyway?

No, its inevitable, something must remain the same.

Filepath *must* be used.

Can you transliterate this code to Python code please?