[Python-Dev] Counting collisions for the win (original) (raw)

Victor Stinner victor.stinner at haypocalc.com
Sun Jan 22 11:11:29 CET 2012

This seed is chosen randomly at runtime, but cannot change once chosen.

The hash is used to compare objects: if hash(obj1) != hash(obj2), objects are considered different. So two strings must have the same hash if their value is the same.

Salt could also be an appropriate term here, but since salt is generally changed on a per-use basis (a single process may use many different salts), seed is more correct, since this value is only chosen once per process.

We may use a different salt per dictionary.

Victor

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