The timings for hash() are meaningless, since Python's str object caches the hash after the first call [1]. FNV is one of the fastest hash functions, it should

The timings for hash() are meaningless, since Python's str object caches the hash after the first call [1]. FNV is one of the fastest hash functions, it should be at least suspicious that hash() is 500 times faster than FNV. [1] http://hg.python.org/releasing/2.7.3/file/7bb96963d067/Objects/stringobject.c#l1266 http://hg.python.org/releasing/2.7.3/file/7bb96963d067/Objec...