Re: Doh! Variant.Hash is case insenstive Re: Variant.Hash for objects is not unique in RB 2005 v4

[Phil M <phil at mobleybros dot com>]

On Nov 30, 2005, at 12:40 PM, Thomas Tempelmann wrote:

> So, if you try to store two keys "a" and "A" in a dictionary,  
> you're not getting it done without extra work, and the solution to  
> this really awkward. I.e, some here suggest that you could encode  
> your keys as Base64 so that you can store them like case-sensitive  
> strings. But THAT is a big hit in performance that's way worse than  
> what you have to face if you're dealing with your Hash values, I'd  
> say.
It is less likely that you can get collisons with Base64, but the  
Base64 encoding still depends on case-sensitivity.  If you want to  
use the standard REALbasic Dictionary, then you are going to need to  
either Base32 the string or Hex it.
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