encukou · Jun 6, 2025 · May 29, 2025 · May 29, 2025 · May 29, 2025 · May 30, 2025
@@ -191,6 +191,22 @@ access to internal read-only data of Unicode objects:
    .. versionadded:: 3.2
 
 
+.. c:function:: Py_hash_t PyUnstable_Unicode_GET_CACHED_HASH(PyObject *str)
+
+   If the hash of *str*, as returned by :c:func:`PyObject_Hash`, has been
+   cached and is immediately available, return it.
+   Otherwise, return ``-1`` *without* setting an exception.
+
+   If *str* is not a string (that is, if :c:expr:`PyUnicode_Check(obj)`
+   is false), the behavior is undefined.
+
+   This function never fails with an exception.
+
+   Note that there are no guarantees on when a object's hash is cached,
+   and the (non-)existence of a cached hash does not imply that the string has
+   any other properties.
+
+
 Unicode Character Properties
 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""
 

@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ New features
   input string contains non-ASCII characters.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`133968`.)
 
+* Add :c:type:`PyUnstable_Unicode_GET_CACHED_HASH` to get the cached hash of
+  a string. See the documentation for caveats.
+  (Contributed by Petr Viktorin in :gh:`131510`)
+
 
 Porting to Python 3.15
 ----------------------

diff --git a/Include/cpython/unicodeobject.h b/Include/cpython/unicodeobject.h
@@ -300,6 +300,12 @@ static inline Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(PyObject *op) {
 }
 #define PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(op) PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(_PyObject_CAST(op))
 
+/* Returns the cached hash, or -1 if not cached yet. */
+static inline Py_hash_t
+PyUnstable_Unicode_GET_CACHED_HASH(PyObject *op) {
+    return _PyASCIIObject_CAST(op)->hash;
+}
+
 /* Write into the canonical representation, this function does not do any sanity
    checks and is intended for usage in loops.  The caller should cache the
    kind and data pointers obtained from other function calls.

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_unicode.py b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_unicode.py
@@ -1739,6 +1739,20 @@ def test_pep393_utf8_caching_bug(self):
                 # Check that the second call returns the same result
                 self.assertEqual(getargs_s_hash(s), chr(k).encode() * (i + 1))
 
+    @support.cpython_only
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, 'need _testcapi module')
+    def test_GET_CACHED_HASH(self):
+        from _testcapi import unicode_GET_CACHED_HASH
+        content_bytes = b'some new string'
+        # avoid parser interning & constant folding
+        obj = str(content_bytes, 'ascii')
+        # impl detail: fresh strings do not have cached hash
+        self.assertEqual(unicode_GET_CACHED_HASH(obj), -1)
+        # impl detail: adding string to a dict caches its hash
+        {obj: obj}
+        # impl detail: ASCII string hashes are equal to bytes ones
+        self.assertEqual(unicode_GET_CACHED_HASH(obj), hash(content_bytes))
+
 
 class PyUnicodeWriterTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def create_writer(self, size):

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2025-05-29-16-56-23.gh-issue-134891.7eKO8U.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2025-05-29-16-56-23.gh-issue-134891.7eKO8U.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Add :c:type:`PyUnstable_Unicode_GET_CACHED_HASH` to get the cached hash of a
+string.
diff --git a/Modules/_testcapi/unicode.c b/Modules/_testcapi/unicode.c
@@ -220,6 +220,12 @@ unicode_copycharacters(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     return Py_BuildValue("(Nn)", to_copy, copied);
 }
 
+static PyObject*
+unicode_GET_CACHED_HASH(PyObject *self, PyObject *arg)
+{
+    return PyLong_FromLong((long)PyUnstable_Unicode_GET_CACHED_HASH(arg));
+}
+
 
 // --- PyUnicodeWriter type -------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -570,6 +576,7 @@ static PyMethodDef TestMethods[] = {
     {"unicode_asucs4copy",       unicode_asucs4copy,             METH_VARARGS},
     {"unicode_asutf8",           unicode_asutf8,                 METH_VARARGS},
     {"unicode_copycharacters",   unicode_copycharacters,         METH_VARARGS},
+    {"unicode_GET_CACHED_HASH",  unicode_GET_CACHED_HASH,        METH_O},
     {NULL},
 };
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		@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
		Add :c:type:`PyUnstable_Unicode_GET_CACHED_HASH` to get the cached hash of a
		string.