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authorInada Naoki <songofacandy@gmail.com>2021-10-10 08:29:46 (GMT)
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bpo-29410: Change the default hash algorithm to SipHash13. (GH-28752)
Co-authored-by: Erlend Egeberg Aasland <erlend.aasland@innova.no> Co-authored-by: Christian Heimes <christian@python.org>
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@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ Other CPython Implementation Changes
support :class:`typing.SupportsComplex` and :class:`typing.SupportsBytes` protocols.
(Contributed by Mark Dickinson and Dong-hee Na in :issue:`24234`.)
+* ``siphash13`` is added as a new internal hashing algorithms. It's has similar security
+ properties as ``siphash24`` but it is slightly faster for long inputs. ``str``, ``bytes``,
+ and some other types now use it as default algorithm for ``hash()``. :pep:`552`
+ hash-based pyc files now use ``siphash13``, too.
+ (Contributed by Inada Naoki in :issue:`29410`.)
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