On Friday, December 23, 2011 23:09:32 Piotr Szturmaj wrote: > Johannes Pfau wrote: > > Related question to the SHA/MD5 hash functions: could those be pure? > > Weakly pure, yes - but for what?
In general, if a function _can_ be pure, it _should_ be pure. If it can be and it isn't, it artificially restricts the types of functions which can call it. - Jonathan M Davis
