[Python-Dev] Decimal <-> float comparisons in py3k. (original) (raw)

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Sat Mar 20 17:29:10 CET 2010


On 3/20/2010 7:06 AM, Mark Dickinson wrote:

Will this change the result of hashing a long? I know that both gmpy and SAGE use their own hash implementations for performance reasons. I understand that CPython's hash function is an implementation detail, but there are external modules that rely on the existing hash behavior. Yes, it would change the hash of a long. What external modules are there that rely on existing hash behaviour? And exactly what behaviour do they rely on?

Depending on specifics of CPython's hash is a 'do at your own risk' enterprise, like CPython bytecode hacks.



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