Separating a Hash type from Object

[P T Withington]

On 2007-05-07, at 08:37 EDT, Peter Hall wrote:

>> Could you expand on this tantalizing hint?  Do you mean because es4
>> provides `intrisic::hashcode`?  But doesn't this solution fail the
>> efficiency test that got ByteArray in?
>
> But was efficiency ever argued as an essential part of the feature? I
> haven't seen any discussion around that...

Obliquely:  because Object is native, (hence efficient), and looks  
like a Dictionary, but is a garden path.