How do I hash dicts in Python safely and idiomatically?

In Python, hashing dictionaries safely and idiomatically requires converting the dictionary into a hashable format, as dictionaries themselves are mutable and not hashable. One common approach is to convert the dictionary to a frozenset of its items. This allows you to generate a hash value for the dictionary.

Example of Hashing a Dictionary


    def hash_dict(d):
        return hash(frozenset(d.items()))

    my_dict = {'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'}
    hashed_value = hash_dict(my_dict)
    print(hashed_value)