Re: Variant.Hash for objects is not unique in RB 2005 v4

[Adam Ernst <adam1234 at athenet dot net>]

On Nov 29, 2005, at 10:40 AM, Joseph J. Strout wrote:

> OK, it's true; Variant.Hash is currently not unique, even for  
> distinct objects (or integers), and it's been this way since at  
> least 2003.  It's been fixed for the next release of REALbasic.
> Meanwhile, what to do?  A plugin could trivially give you the  
> address of an object.  Otherwise, you could use a dictionary to  
> assign each object a unique value, as Will suggested.
Does this mean using objects as keys in Dictionaries will not  
necessarily work as intended?
Adam

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