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| author | Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com> | 2013-08-03 09:39:39 (GMT) |
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| committer | Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com> | 2013-08-03 09:39:39 (GMT) |
| commit | b2aa6f40559da92085e77a247b8756d860171a12 (patch) | |
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Issue 18532: Added tests and documentation to formally specify the .name attribute on hashlib objects.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/hashlib.rst b/Doc/library/hashlib.rst index 6cb76c1..db41db4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/hashlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/hashlib.rst @@ -124,6 +124,18 @@ returned by the constructors: The internal block size of the hash algorithm in bytes. +A hash object has the following attributes: + +.. attribute:: hash.name + + The canonical name of this hash, always lowercase and always suitable as a + parameter to :func:`new` to create another hash of this type. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.4 + The name attribute has been present in CPython since its inception, but + until Python 3.4 was not formally specified, so may not exist on some + platforms. + A hash object has the following methods: |