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| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2000-02-16 21:13:37 (GMT) |
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| committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2000-02-16 21:13:37 (GMT) |
| commit | 8006d316bcf10af9f3d22530ce88358370aec10b (patch) | |
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Added docs for new crc32() function. By Jim Ahlstrom.
(Fred, please check.)
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex b/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex index 470a7af..bbc7f44 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex @@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ length divisible by 3 (except possibly the last fragment). Compute the binhex4 crc value of \var{data}, starting with an initial \var{crc} and returning the result. \end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{crc32}{data\optional{, crc}} +Compute CRC-32, the 32-bit checksum of data, starting with an initial +crc. This is consistent with the ZIP file checksum. Use as follows: +\begin{verbatim} + print binascii.crc32("hello world") + # Or, in two pieces: + crc = binascii.crc32("hello") + crc = binascii.crc32(" world", crc) + print crc +\end{verbatim} +\end{funcdesc} \begin{excdesc}{Error} Exception raised on errors. These are usually programming errors. |