Re: (objects as) mutable dictionary keys

From: Just (just_at_xs4all.nl)
Date: 01/17/05 

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:52:47 +0100

In article <csgb3d$hjn$1@swifty.westend.com>,
 Peter Maas <peter@somewhere.com> wrote:

> Antoon Pardon schrieb:
> > Dictionary lookup with mutable types like lists is a source of
> > unpleasant surprises for the programmer and therefore impossible in
> > Python.
> >
> >
> > It is not impossible in Python.

Is too.

> > It may be discouraged but it is not
> > impossible since I have already done so.
>
> Wouldn't this raise a TypeError? Or did you wrap them with an object?

He created a list subclass that redefines __hash__, so he cheated :).

Just

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