On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> wrote: > 2012/1/27 Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info>: >> Benjamin Peterson wrote: >>> >>> Hello everyone, >>> In effort to get a fix out before Perl 6 goes mainstream, Barry and I >>> have decided to pronounce on what we want for our stable releases. >>> What we have decided is that >>> 1. Simple hash randomization is the way to go. We think this has the >>> best chance of actually fixing the problem while being fairly >>> straightforward such that we're comfortable putting it in a stable >>> release. >>> 2. It will be off by default in stable releases and enabled by an >>> envar at runtime. This will prevent code breakage from dictionary >>> order changing as well as people depending on the hash stability. >> >> >> Do you have the expectation that it will become on by default in some future >> release? > > Yes, 3.3. The solution in 3.3 could even be one of the more > sophisticated proposals we have today.
Yay! Thanks for the decision Release Managers! -gps _______________________________________________ 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
