On 27.05.2016 23:46, Donald Stufft wrote: > >> On May 27, 2016, at 5:41 PM, M.-A. Lemburg <m...@egenix.com> wrote: >> >> If we add this now, there should at least be an exit strategy >> to remove the code again, when OpenSSL ships with the same >> code, IMO. > > I think it is a clear win to have the fallback implementations in cases where > people either don’t have OpenSSL or don’t have a new enough OpenSSL for those > implementations. Not having the fallback just makes it more difficult for > people to rely on those hash functions.
This will only be needed once the stdlib itself starts requiring support for some of these hashes and for that we could add a pure Python implementation, eg. https://github.com/coruus/py-keccak In all other cases, you can simply add the support via a package such as Björn's or Christian's. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, May 27 2016) >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Consulting ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> Python Database Interfaces ... http://products.egenix.com/ >>> Plone/Zope Database Interfaces ... http://zope.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: We implement business ideas - efficiently in both time and costs ::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ http://www.malemburg.com/ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
