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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1998-10-14 13:46:57 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1998-10-14 13:46:57 (GMT)
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Doc strings by Chris Petrilli.
Also added MD5Type object.
Diffstat (limited to 'Modules')
-rw-r--r--Modules/md5module.c85
1 files changed, 79 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/md5module.c b/Modules/md5module.c
index f2653fb..e82d339 100644
--- a/Modules/md5module.c
+++ b/Modules/md5module.c
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ md5_update(self, args)
return Py_None;
}
+static char update_doc [] =
+"update (arg)\n\
+\n\
+Update the md5 object with the string arg. Repeated calls are\n\
+equivalent to a single call with the concatenation of all the\n\
+arguments.";
+
+
static PyObject *
md5_digest(self, args)
md5object *self;
@@ -113,6 +121,14 @@ md5_digest(self, args)
return PyString_FromStringAndSize((char *)aDigest, 16);
}
+static char digest_doc [] =
+"digest() -> string\n\
+\n\
+Return the digest of the strings passed to the update() method so\n\
+far. This is an 16-byte string which may contain non-ASCII characters,\n\
+including null bytes.";
+
+
static PyObject *
md5_copy(self, args)
md5object *self;
@@ -131,10 +147,16 @@ md5_copy(self, args)
return (PyObject *)md5p;
}
+static char copy_doc [] =
+"copy() -> md5 object\n\
+\n\
+Return a copy (``clone'') of the md5 object.";
+
+
static PyMethodDef md5_methods[] = {
- {"update", (PyCFunction)md5_update},
- {"digest", (PyCFunction)md5_digest},
- {"copy", (PyCFunction)md5_copy},
+ {"update", (PyCFunction)md5_update, 0, update_doc},
+ {"digest", (PyCFunction)md5_digest, 0, digest_doc},
+ {"copy", (PyCFunction)md5_copy, 0, copy_doc},
{NULL, NULL} /* sentinel */
};
@@ -146,6 +168,37 @@ md5_getattr(self, name)
return Py_FindMethod(md5_methods, (PyObject *)self, name);
}
+static char module_doc [] =
+
+"This module implements the interface to RSA's MD5 message digest\n\
+algorithm (see also Internet RFC 1321). Its use is quite\n\
+straightforward: use the new() to create an md5 object. You can now\n\
+feed this object with arbitrary strings using the update() method, and\n\
+at any point you can ask it for the digest (a strong kind of 128-bit\n\
+checksum, a.k.a. ``fingerprint'') of the contatenation of the strings\n\
+fed to it so far using the digest() method.\n\
+\n\
+Functions:\n\
+\n\
+new([arg]) -- return a new md5 object, initialized with arg if provided\n\
+md5([arg]) -- DEPRECATED, same as new, but for compatibility\n\
+\n\
+Special Objects:\n\
+\n\
+MD5Type -- type object for md5 objects\n\
+";
+
+static char md5type_doc [] =
+"An md5 represents the object used to calculate the MD5 checksum of a\n\
+string of information.\n\
+\n\
+Methods:\n\
+\n\
+update() -- updates the current digest with an additional string\n\
+digest() -- return the current digest value\n\
+copy() -- return a copy of the current md5 object\n\
+";
+
statichere PyTypeObject MD5type = {
PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
0, /*ob_size*/
@@ -160,6 +213,16 @@ statichere PyTypeObject MD5type = {
0, /*tp_compare*/
0, /*tp_repr*/
0, /*tp_as_number*/
+ 0, /*tp_as_sequence*/
+ 0, /*tp_as_mapping*/
+ 0, /*tp_hash*/
+ 0, /*tp_call*/
+ 0, /*tp_str*/
+ 0, /*tp_getattro*/
+ 0, /*tp_setattro*/
+ 0, /*tp_as_buffer*/
+ 0, /*tp_xxx4*/
+ md5type_doc, /*tp_doc*/
};
@@ -186,12 +249,18 @@ MD5_new(self, args)
return (PyObject *)md5p;
}
+static char new_doc [] =
+"new([arg]) -> md5 object\n\
+\n\
+Return a new md5 object. If arg is present, the method call update(arg)\n\
+is made.";
+
/* List of functions exported by this module */
static PyMethodDef md5_functions[] = {
- {"new", (PyCFunction)MD5_new, 1},
- {"md5", (PyCFunction)MD5_new, 1}, /* Backward compatibility */
+ {"new", (PyCFunction)MD5_new, 1, new_doc},
+ {"md5", (PyCFunction)MD5_new, 1, new_doc}, /* Backward compatibility */
{NULL, NULL} /* Sentinel */
};
@@ -201,5 +270,9 @@ static PyMethodDef md5_functions[] = {
void
initmd5()
{
- (void)Py_InitModule("md5", md5_functions);
+ PyObject *m, *d;
+ m = Py_InitModule3("md5", md5_functions, module_doc);
+ d = PyModule_GetDict(m);
+ PyDict_SetItemString(d, "MD5Type", (PyObject *)&MD5type);
+ /* No need to check the error here, the caller will do that */
}