struct as ds_map key

[thorn bone]

If i use a struct as a key for a ds map, what is being hashed ? is it the string representation?

[quartz briar]

a quick test seems to say yes

var _a = { a: 1 }

show_debug_message(_a) // => { a : 1 }
show_debug_message(variable_get_hash("a")) // => 100011
show_debug_message(variable_get_hash("{ a : 1 }")) // => 100253
show_debug_message(variable_get_hash(_a)) // => 100253

[copper oracle]

That's variable hashes

They're not the same

[copper oracle]

iirc a ds_map will just stick anything in there as is the key

So I'm fairly certain it's some hash representation of the memory address to the struct

[thorn bone]

using it as a key will not create a strong reference then right