Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: enable hash randomization by default
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 7:08 AM, benjamin.peterson
<python-checkins@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> +      Changing hash values affects the order in which keys are retrieved
> from a
> +      dict.  Although Python has never made guarantees about this ordering
> (and
> +      it typically varies between 32-bit and 64-bit builds), enough
> real-world
> +      code implicitly relies on this non-guaranteed behavior that the
> +      randomization is disabled by default.

That last sentence needs to change for 3.3

Cheers,
Nick.

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Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan@xxxxxxxxx   |   Brisbane, Australia
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