def __init__(self, stream=None):
        self.stream = stream
        self.buffer = ''
Ensures that the dict is hashed in such a way that the keys are
dataset/ETHPy150Open Knio/pynmea2/pynmea2/stream.py/NMEAStreamReader.__init__--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open ntoll/p4p2p/test/dht/test_crypto.py/TestGetHashFunction.test_get_hash_dict