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authorGregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com>2008-03-17 20:24:09 (GMT)
committerGregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com>2008-03-17 20:24:09 (GMT)
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zlib.crc32 and zlib.adler32 now return an unsigned value as any sane person
would expect. Fixes issues1202.
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@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ The available exception and functions in this module are:
the algorithm is designed for use as a checksum algorithm, it is not suitable
for use as a general hash algorithm.
+ Always returns an unsigned 32-bit integer.
+
.. function:: compress(string[, level])
@@ -74,6 +76,8 @@ The available exception and functions in this module are:
the algorithm is designed for use as a checksum algorithm, it is not suitable
for use as a general hash algorithm.
+ Always returns an unsigned 32-bit integer.
+
.. function:: decompress(string[, wbits[, bufsize]])