Benjamin Peterson benjamin at python.org
Fri Apr 18 23:57:55 CEST 2014

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On Fri, Apr 18, 2014, at 14:46, Jim J. Jewett wrote:
> (1)  I believe the recent consensus was that the number of comparisons
> made in a dict lookup is an implementation detail.  (Please correct me
> if I am wrong.)

Absolutely.

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> (2)  Is "the item will be hashed at least once" a language guarantee?

No. (Would that be useful at all?)

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