After rereading http://bugs.python.org/issue9778 , I'm growing concerned
about an impending ABI freeze before the core devs find time to fix the
32-bit hash limitation.
ISTM, the use of 64-bit builds is growing in popularity. It was be a bummer
to have a locked-in an effective size limit for dictionaries and sets because
the API only supports 32-bit hash values.
The thread seems to show agreement that the hash values should be
Py_ssize_t but the chance to fix it will be lost unless core devs get
more time to work on the problem or unless the ABI freeze is deferred.
Raymond
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