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Wed Feb 17 08:29:31 EST 2016 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2016-February/143379.html

On 02/16/2016 09:22 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> Glenn Linderman writes:
>
>   > I think hashes of all types have been randomized, not _just_ the list
>   > you mentioned.
>
> Yes.  There's only one hash function used, which operates on byte
> streams IIRC.  That function now has a random offset.  The details of
> hashing each type are in the serializations to byte streams.

Both these statements are wrong.  int objects have their own hash 
algorithm, built in to long_hash() in Objects/longobject.c.  The hash of 
an int is the value of the int, unless it's -1 or doesn't fit into the 
native type.  And ints don't participate in hash randomization.

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[Python-Dev] Hash randomization for which types?