SMRTR ProgrammingDec 18, 2025Ned Batchelder Blog

A testing conundrum

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A developer used Hypothesis to test a hash fingerprinting class, but discovered edge cases where equal Python values (False and 0) should hash differently, making property-based testing impractical.

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