Interesting AS3 hash situation. Is it really using strict equality as the documentation says?
- by Triynko
AS3 Code:
import flash.utils.Dictionary;
var num1:Number = Number.NaN;
var num2:Number = Math.sqrt(-1);
var dic:Dictionary = new Dictionary( true );
trace(num1); //NaN
trace(num2); //NaN
dic[num1] = "A";
trace( num1 == num2 ); //false
trace( num1 === num2 ); //false
trace( dic[num1] ); //A
trace( dic[num2] ); //A
Concerning the key comparison method...
"The Dictionary class lets you create a dynamic collection of properties, which uses strict equality (===) for key comparison. When an object is used as a key, the object's identity is used to look up the object, and not the value returned from calling toString() on it."
If Dictionary uses strict equality, as the documentation states, then how is it that num1 === num2 is false, and yet dic[num1] resolves to the same hash slot as dic[num2]?
