This patch addresses two main issues: (1) There exist some non-fatal

errors in some of the hash algorithms. For exmaple, in float_hash and
complex_hash a certain part of the value is not included in the hash
calculation. See Tim's, Guido's, and my discussion of this on
python-dev in May under the title "fix float_hash and complex_hash for
64-bit *nix"

(2) The hash algorithms that use pointers (e.g. func_hash, code_hash)
are universally not correct on Win64 (they assume that sizeof(long) ==
sizeof(void*))

As well, this patch significantly cleans up the hash code. It adds the
two function _Py_HashDouble and _PyHash_VoidPtr that the various
hashing routine are changed to use.

These help maintain the hash function invariant: (a==b) =>
(hash(a)==hash(b))) I have added Lib/test/test_hash.py and
Lib/test/output/test_hash to test this for some cases.

Include/object.h

@@ -293,6 +293,10 @@ extern DL_IMPORT(void) Py_ReprLeave Py_PROTO((PyObject *));
 /* tstate dict key for PyObject_Compare helper */
 extern PyObject *_PyCompareState_Key;
 
+/* Helpers for hash functions */
+extern DL_IMPORT(long) _Py_HashDouble Py_PROTO((double));
+extern DL_IMPORT(long) _Py_HashPointer Py_PROTO((void*));
+
 /* Flag bits for printing: */
 #define Py_PRINT_RAW	1	/* No string quotes etc. */
 

Lib/test/output/test_hash

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test_hash

Lib/test/test_hash.py

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# test the invariant that
+#   iff a==b then hash(a)==hash(b)
+#
+
+import test_support
+
+
+def same_hash(*objlist):
+	# hash each object given an raise TestFailed if
+	# the hash values are not all the same
+	hashed = map(hash, objlist)
+	for h in hashed[1:]:
+		if h != hashed[0]:
+			raise TestFailed, "hashed values differ: %s" % `objlist`
+
+
+
+same_hash(1, 1L, 1.0, 1.0+0.0j)
+same_hash(int(1), long(1), float(1), complex(1))
+
+same_hash(long(1.23e300), float(1.23e300))
+
+same_hash(float(0.5), complex(0.5, 0.0))
+
+
+

Objects/classobject.c

@@ -864,10 +864,7 @@ instance_hash(inst)
 		func = instance_getattr(inst, cmpstr);
 		if (func == NULL) {
 			PyErr_Clear();
-			outcome = (long)inst;
+			return _Py_HashPointer(inst);
-			if (outcome == -1)
-				outcome = -2;
-			return outcome;
 		}
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "unhashable instance");
 		return -1;

Objects/complexobject.c

@@ -285,8 +285,7 @@ complex_hash(v)
 	PyComplexObject *v;
 {
 	double intpart, fractpart;
-	int expo;
+	long x;
-	long hipart, x;
 	/* This is designed so that Python numbers with the same
 	   value hash to the same value, otherwise comparisons
 	   of mapping keys will turn out weird */
@@ -302,7 +301,7 @@ complex_hash(v)
 #endif
 
 	if (fractpart == 0.0 && v->cval.imag == 0.0) {
-		if (intpart > 0x7fffffffL || -intpart > 0x7fffffffL) {
+		if (intpart > LONG_MAX || -intpart > LONG_MAX) {
 			/* Convert to long int and use its hash... */
 			PyObject *w = PyLong_FromDouble(v->cval.real);
 			if (w == NULL)
@@ -314,36 +313,18 @@ complex_hash(v)
 		x = (long)intpart;
 	}
 	else {
-		fractpart = frexp(fractpart, &expo);
+		x = _Py_HashDouble(v->cval.real);
-		fractpart = fractpart * 2147483648.0; /* 2**31 */
+		if (x == -1)
-		hipart = (long)fractpart; /* Take the top 32 bits */
+			return -1;
-		fractpart = (fractpart - (double)hipart) * 2147483648.0;
-						/* Get the next 32 bits */
-		x = hipart + (long)fractpart + (long)intpart + (expo << 15);
-						/* Combine everything */
 
 		if (v->cval.imag != 0.0) { /* Hash the imaginary part */
 			/* XXX Note that this hashes complex(x, y)
 			   to the same value as complex(y, x).
 			   Still better than it used to be :-) */
-#ifdef MPW
+			long y = _Py_HashDouble(v->cval.imag);
-			{
+			if (y == -1)
-				extended e;
+				return -1;
-				fractpart = modf(v->cval.imag, &e);
+			x += y;
-				intpart = e;
-			}
-#else
-			fractpart = modf(v->cval.imag, &intpart);
-#endif
-			fractpart = frexp(fractpart, &expo);
-			fractpart = fractpart * 2147483648.0; /* 2**31 */
-			hipart = (long)fractpart; /* Take the top 32 bits */
-			fractpart =
-				(fractpart - (double)hipart) * 2147483648.0;
-						/* Get the next 32 bits */
-			x ^= hipart + (long)fractpart +
-				(long)intpart + (expo << 15);
-						/* Combine everything */
 		}
 	}
 	if (x == -1)

Objects/floatobject.c

@@ -59,7 +59,13 @@ PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 #endif
 
 #ifndef LONG_MAX
+#if SIZEOF_LONG == 4
 #define LONG_MAX 0X7FFFFFFFL
+#elif SIZEOF_LONG == 8
+#define LONG_MAX 0X7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFL
+#else
+#error "could not set LONG_MAX"
+#endif
 #endif
 
 #ifndef LONG_MIN
@@ -357,12 +363,12 @@ float_compare(v, w)
 	return (i < j) ? -1 : (i > j) ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
+
 static long
 float_hash(v)
 	PyFloatObject *v;
 {
 	double intpart, fractpart;
-	int expo;
 	long x;
 	/* This is designed so that Python numbers with the same
 	   value hash to the same value, otherwise comparisons
@@ -379,7 +385,7 @@ float_hash(v)
 #endif
 
 	if (fractpart == 0.0) {
-		if (intpart > 0x7fffffffL || -intpart > 0x7fffffffL) {
+		if (intpart > LONG_MAX || -intpart > LONG_MAX) {
 			/* Convert to long int and use its hash... */
 			PyObject *w = PyLong_FromDouble(v->ob_fval);
 			if (w == NULL)
@@ -393,14 +399,9 @@ float_hash(v)
 	else {
 		/* Note -- if you change this code, also change the copy
 		   in complexobject.c */
-		long hipart;
+		x = _Py_HashDouble(v->ob_fval);
-		fractpart = frexp(fractpart, &expo);
+		if (x == -1)
-		fractpart = fractpart * 2147483648.0; /* 2**31 */
+			return -1;
-		hipart = (long)fractpart; /* Take the top 32 bits */
-		fractpart = (fractpart - (double)hipart) * 2147483648.0;
-						/* Get the next 32 bits */
-		x = hipart + (long)fractpart + (long)intpart + (expo << 15);
-						/* Combine everything */
 	}
 	if (x == -1)
 		x = -2;

Objects/funcobject.c

@@ -231,10 +231,12 @@ static long
 func_hash(f)
 	PyFunctionObject *f;
 {
-	long h;
+	long h,x;
 	h = PyObject_Hash(f->func_code);
 	if (h == -1) return h;
-	h = h ^ (long)f->func_globals;
+	x = _Py_HashPointer(f->func_globals);
+	if (x == -1) return x;
+	h ^= x;
 	if (h == -1) h = -2;
 	return h;
 }

Objects/methodobject.c

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static long
 meth_hash(a)
 	PyCFunctionObject *a;
 {
-	long x;
+	long x,y;
 	if (a->m_self == NULL)
 		x = 0;
 	else {
@@ -180,7 +180,13 @@ meth_hash(a)
 		if (x == -1)
 			return -1;
 	}
-	return x ^ (long) a->m_ml->ml_meth;
+	y = _Py_HashPointer(a->m_ml->ml_meth);
+	if (y == -1)
+		return -1;
+	x ^= y;
+	if (x == -1)
+		x = -2;
+	return x;
 }
 
 PyTypeObject PyCFunction_Type = {

Objects/object.c

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
 #include "Python.h"
 
+#include "mymath.h"
+
 /* just for trashcan: */
 #include "compile.h"
 #include "frameobject.h"
@@ -507,6 +509,62 @@ PyObject_Compare(v, w)
 	return result;
 }
 
+
+/* Set of hash utility functions to help maintaining the invariant that
+	iff a==b then hash(a)==hash(b)
+
+   All the utility functions (_Py_Hash*()) return "-1" to signify an error.
+*/
+
+long
+_Py_HashDouble(v)
+    double v;
+{
+	/* Use frexp to get at the bits in the double.
+	 * Since the VAX D double format has 56 mantissa bits, which is the
+	 * most of any double format in use, each of these parts may have as
+	 * many as (but no more than) 56 significant bits.
+	 * So, assuming sizeof(long) >= 4, each part can be broken into two longs;
+	 * frexp and multiplication are used to do that.
+	 * Also, since the Cray double format has 15 exponent bits, which is the
+	 * most of any double format in use, shifting the exponent field left by
+	 * 15 won't overflow a long (again assuming sizeof(long) >= 4).
+	 */
+    int expo;
+    long hipart;
+
+    v = frexp(v, &expo);
+    v = v * 2147483648.0; /* 2**31 */
+    hipart = (long)v; /* Take the top 32 bits */
+	v = (v - (double)hipart) * 2147483648.0; /* Get the next 32 bits */
+
+    return hipart + (long)v + (expo << 15); /* Combine everything */
+}
+
+long
+_Py_HashPointer(p)
+	void *p;
+{
+#if SIZEOF_LONG >= SIZEOF_VOID_P
+	return (long)p;
+#else
+	/* convert to a Python long and hash that */
+	PyObject* longobj;
+	long x;
+	
+	if ((longobj = PyLong_FromVoidPtr(p)) == NULL) {
+		x = -1;
+		goto finally;
+	}
+	x = PyObject_Hash(longobj);
+	
+finally:
+	Py_XDECREF(longobj);
+	return x;
+#endif
+}
+
+
 long
 PyObject_Hash(v)
 	PyObject *v;
@@ -514,8 +572,9 @@ PyObject_Hash(v)
 	PyTypeObject *tp = v->ob_type;
 	if (tp->tp_hash != NULL)
 		return (*tp->tp_hash)(v);
-	if (tp->tp_compare == NULL)
+	if (tp->tp_compare == NULL) {
-		return (long) v; /* Use address as hash value */
+		return _Py_HashPointer(v); /* Use address as hash value */
+	}
 	/* If there's a cmp but no hash defined, the object can't be hashed */
 	PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "unhashable type");
 	return -1;

PC/_winreg.c

@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ PyHKEY_hashFunc(PyObject *ob)
 	/* Just use the address.
 	   XXX - should we use the handle value?
 	*/
-	return (long)ob;
+	return _Py_HashPointer(ob);
 }