This is a pure python implementation of the murmur3 hash algorithm https://code.google.com/p/smhasher/wiki/MurmurHash3 written for the times when you do not want to muck about building and installing c-modules etc.

As this is pure python performance is FAR from optimal and if that is required a real c-module such as the one found here at https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mmh3/2.0 is absolutely suggested!

Bad... we need not say more ;)

Tested by hashing all lines in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte in both c and with pymmh3.

try:
    # try with a fast c-implementation ...
    import mmh3 as mmh3
except ImportError:
    # ... otherwise fallback to this code!
    import pymmh3 as mmh3
    
print mmh3.hash( 'my string of doom!', seed = 1234 )

pymmh3 was written by Fredrik Kihlander, and is placed in the public domain. The author hereby disclaims copyright to this source code.