From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2004-05-01T19:46:25-07:00
Subject: Re: Don't understand hashing...

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ts (decoux@moulon.inra.fr) wrote:

> >>>>> "M" =3D=3D Michael Neumann <mneumann@ntecs.de> writes:
>=20
> M>   p id1.hash =3D=3D id2.hash # =3D> true
>=20
>      p id2.eql?(id1)

To expand upon this, in a Hash identical keys have an identical hash
and are eql?.  Keys that are not eql? have collided, and therefore
refer to different entries.

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