a. who is actually messing with crypto after the fact. I would like to know the reasons to do so.
On Monday, October 8, 2012 6:24:36 PM UTC-5, Isaac Schlueter wrote: > > Currently, the crypto module defaults to using 'binary' encoded > strings everywhere as the default input and output encoding. > > This is problematic for a few reasons: > > 1. It's slower than necessary. > 2. It doesn't match the rest of Node. > > The reason for this is that crypto predates Buffers, and no one ever > bothered to go through and change it. (The same reason it's got some > odd hodgepodge of update/digest methods vs the Stream interface you > see everywhere else in node.) > > The reason it persists in 0.8 (and perhaps in 0.10) is that we > (perhaps overly optimistically) labelled that API "stable", and don't > want to break anyone's programs. It's going to change eventually to > match the rest of node. The only question is whether the change will > come in 0.10 or 0.12. A stream interface to all the crypto classes is > coming in 0.10; using 'binary' strings by default is thus even more > obviously a departure from the rest of node. > > Note that, if you only use crypto for hashes, and set the 'hex' > encoding, then it won't affect you. If you only ever pass the output > of one crypto function to the input of another (sign/verify, for > example) then it also won't affect you; you'll just pass buffers > around instead of binary strings. > > Please select one, and reply with your choice and perhaps any other > feedback you have on this issue. Thanks. > > a) Go for it. This won't affect me, and if by chance it does, I don't > mind putting 'binary' args here and there. > b) Please wait. Mark the API as unstable in 0.10, but don't change it > until 0.12. > c) I have no opinion, because I don't use the crypto API directly. > > > (Disclaimer: Node is not a democracy. The "winning" vote might still > be out-voted by reasonable considerations of the core dev team. This > is informative only ;) > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
