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

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:

Le dimanche 17 octobre 2010 à 17:40 +0000, Martin v. Löwis a écrit :
> Martin v. Löwis <martin at v.loewis.de> added the comment:
> 
> > The issue Raymond raised is the potential impossibility of making the
> > change /after/ we settle on a stable ABI. The question is whether the
> > ABI will be enforced starting from 3.2, or from a later date.
> 
> I'd like to repeat that it will not be impossible to fix this after the
> ABI is in place.

At the cost of very annoying complications, though.

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