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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmd5.tex b/Doc/lib/libmd5.tex index cf35c8c..bec1132 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libmd5.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libmd5.tex @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This module implements the interface to RSA's MD5 message digest \index{message digest, MD5} algorithm (see also Internet \rfc{1321}). Its use is quite -straightforward:\ use the \function{new()} to create an md5 object. +straightforward:\ use \function{new()} to create an md5 object. You can now feed this object with arbitrary strings using the \method{update()} method, and at any point you can ask it for the \dfn{digest} (a strong kind of 128-bit checksum, @@ -56,13 +56,15 @@ arguments, i.e.\ \code{m.update(a); m.update(b)} is equivalent to \begin{methoddesc}[md5]{digest}{} Return the digest of the strings passed to the \method{update()} -method so far. This is an 16-byte string which may contain +method so far. This is a 16-byte string which may contain non-\ASCII{} characters, including null bytes. \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}[md5]{hexdigest}{} Like \method{digest()} except the digest is returned as a string of -length 32, containing only hexadecimal digits. +length 32, containing only hexadecimal digits. This may +be used to exchange the value safely in email or other non-binary +environments. \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}[md5]{copy}{} |