Called by built-in function :func:`hash` and for operations on members of
hashed collections including :class:`set`, :class:`frozenset`, and
- :class:`dict`. :meth:`__hash__` should return an integer. The only
- required property is that objects which compare equal have the same hash
- value; it is advised to somehow mix together (e.g. using exclusive or) the
- hash values for the components of the object that also play a part in
- comparison of objects.
+ :class:`dict`. :meth:`__hash__` should return an integer. The only required
+ property is that objects which compare equal have the same hash value; it is
+ advised to mix together the hash values of the components of the object that
+ also play a part in comparison of objects by packing them into a tuple and
+ hashing the tuple. Example::
+
+ def __hash__(self):
+ return hash((self.name, self.nick, self.color))
.. note::