Guido van Rossum wrote: > try: > hash(x) > except TypeError: > # apparently x is not hashable > > then you're also swallowing any type errors in the computation of a > legitimate hash function.
Maybe it would help if there were a specific exception, such as NotHashableError, that hash functions were expected to raise in this situation instead of a generic TypeError. For backwards compatibility it could be a subclass of TypeError. -- Greg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
