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

[Roph <Roph at kc dot rr dot com>]

On 11/29/05 10:40 AM, "Joseph J. Strout" <joe at realsoftware dot com> 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.

Or simply check for hash collisions.

Thanks Joe.

> Best,
> - Joe


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