On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 01:37:18PM +0900, Seo Sanghyeon wrote:
> But hashlib.new() takes the algorithm name... Does PEP need an update?
The new() function in hashlib's interface doesn't conform to PEP 247;
that's all. I don't think the PEP needs to be updated.
--amk
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"PEP 247 -- API for Cryptographic Hash Functions" specifies a standard
API for hashing modules.
new([string])
... the optional 'string' parameter, if supplied, will be immediately
hashed into the object's starting state, as if obj.update(string) was
called.
But hashlib.new() takes the algorithm n
