[Python-Dev] peps: document requirements (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Mon Sep 30 20:16:44 CEST 2013


On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:08:00 +0200 (CEST) christian.heimes <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:

+ +* It should return 0 for zero length input. (Note: This can be handled as + special case, too.)

What is this required for? The main requirement is that equal stuff hashes equal, but there's no reason for zero-length input to hash to zero, AFAIK.

Regards

Antoine.



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