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author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1995-03-13 10:03:32 (GMT) |
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committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1995-03-13 10:03:32 (GMT) |
commit | 6bb1adc7ee688be85b839b747cf25a9e6254cc22 (patch) | |
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small changes by Soren Larsen
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/librotor.tex b/Doc/lib/librotor.tex index b931333..f2ea074 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/librotor.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/librotor.tex @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The available functions in this module are: \renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module rotor)} \begin{funcdesc}{newrotor}{key\optional{\, numrotors}} -Returns a rotor object. \var{key} is a string containing the encryption key +Return a rotor object. \var{key} is a string containing the encryption key for the object; it can contain arbitrary binary data. The key will be used to randomly generate the rotor permutations and their initial positions. \var{numrotors} is the number of rotor permutations in the returned object; @@ -36,28 +36,28 @@ Rotor objects have the following methods: \renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(rotor method)} \begin{funcdesc}{setkey}{} -Resets the rotor to its initial state. +Reset the rotor to its initial state. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{encrypt}{plaintext} -Resets the rotor object to its initial state and encrypts \var{plaintext}, +Reset the rotor object to its initial state and encrypt \var{plaintext}, returning a string containing the ciphertext. The ciphertext is always the same length as the original plaintext. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{encryptmore}{plaintext} -Encrypts \var{plaintext} without resetting the rotor object, and returns a +Encrypt \var{plaintext} without resetting the rotor object, and return a string containing the ciphertext. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{decrypt}{ciphertext} -Resets the rotor object to its initial state and decrypts \var{ciphertext}, +Reset the rotor object to its initial state and decrypt \var{ciphertext}, returning a string containing the ciphertext. The plaintext string will always be the same length as the ciphertext. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{decryptmore}{ciphertext} -Decrypts \var{ciphertext} without resetting the rotor object, and returns a +Decrypt \var{ciphertext} without resetting the rotor object, and return a string containing the ciphertext. \end{funcdesc} |