On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Kostya Shishkov
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 11:10:29AM +0100, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>> Kostya Shishkov <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>> >> > +/**
>> >> > + * @brief Encrypts using the Blowfish algorithm.
>> >> > + *
>> >> > + * @param bf an AVBlowfish context
>> >> > + * @param xl left eight bytes halves of input to be encrypted
>> >> > + * @param xr right eight bytes halves of input to be encrypted
>> >> > + */
>> >> > +void av_blowfish_encrypt(struct AVBlowfish *bf, uint32_t *xl, uint32_t 
>> >> > *xr);
>> >>
>> >> Eight bytes where?  uint32_t is four bytes.  Whatever this is trying to
>> >> say, it is confusing.
>> >
>> > This function encrypts block of eight bytes passed as two 32-bit integers.
>>
>> That's a weird interface.  Why not pass a pointer to uint8_t?
>
> My guess is that it was done after traditional way of block cyphers.
> But adding at least some functions for encrypt/decrypt input as a stream of
> bytes would be good IMO.

I improved the description of these two functions, do you think it's
easier to understand?



-- 
Best regards,
Samuel Pitoiset.
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