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| author | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2003-04-24 13:19:56 (GMT) |
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| committer | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2003-04-24 13:19:56 (GMT) |
| commit | fb5f48542d75e2629a45849390a598f0e19ac5af (patch) | |
| tree | f0bd9b2ffa58c44cd3640f8b907526ba62568833 /Misc | |
| parent | bbb9a55327d3402d76c83a8415e3211deed1e7b2 (diff) | |
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[Patch #679505] Document that the rotor module is deprecated
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@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ Extension modules Subsumed the times() function into repeat(). Added chain() and cycle(). +- The rotor module is now deprecated; the encryption algorithm it uses + is not believed to be secure, and including crypto code with Python + has implications for exporting and importing it in various countries. + - The socket module now always uses the _socketobject wrapper class, even on platforms which have dup(2). The makefile() method is built directly on top of the socket without duplicating the file descriptor, allowing |