In-Reply-To: <003a01c52a54$a90c6b30$6601a8c0@pdimov> pdimov@mmltd.net (Peter Dimov) wrote (abridged):

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I do appreciate the benefits of stability. What isn't clear is whether it trumps hash quality. This is a judgement call, in that it partly depends on which issue is more important to you.

Both issues are important to me.

They conflict. There is a tradeoff between them. So we have to choose which is more important. I was concerned partly that the wrong choice might be made, but mostly because the tradeoff wasn't even being acknowledged. -- Dave Harris, Nottingham, UK