[issue9778] Make hash values the same width as a pointer (or Py_ssize_t)

[Skip Montanaro]

Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> added the comment:

Not that anybody needs my input on this, but...

Given the range of people advocating for this change, this looks to me
like it should be a release blocker for 3.2.  Raymond's comment about
performance seems especially important, and since the world seems to
be moving toward 64-bit operating systems (certainly should happen in
a big way during the lifetime of Python 3) it seems worthwhile to hold
up further 3.2 releases until this is solved.

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