On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:50:22 +0100, Chris Cain <clc...@uncg.edu> wrote:
On Wednesday, 8 August 2012 at 13:38:26 UTC,
trav...@phare.normalesup.org (Christophe Travert) wrote:
I think the question is: is std.hash going to contain only
message-digest algorithm, or could it also contain other hash functions?
I think there is enough room in a package to have both message-digest
algorithm and other kinds of hash functions.
Even if that were the case, I'd say they should be kept separate.
Cryptographic hash functions serve extremely different purposes from
regular hash functions. There is no reason they should be categorized
the same.
I don't think there is any reason to separate them. People should know
which digest algorithm they want, they're not going to pick one at random
and assume it's "super secure!"(tm). And if they do, well tough, they
deserve what they get.
"std.digest" can encompass all message digest algorithms, whether secure
or not.
We could create a 2nd level below "secure" or "crypto" or similar if we
really want, but I don't see much point TBH.
R
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