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diff --git a/Doc/library/hmac.rst b/Doc/library/hmac.rst index 9575693..1d928ea 100644 --- a/Doc/library/hmac.rst +++ b/Doc/library/hmac.rst @@ -16,20 +16,26 @@ This module implements the HMAC algorithm as described by :rfc:`2104`. .. function:: new(key, msg=None, digestmod=None) - Return a new hmac object. *key* is a bytes object giving the secret key. If - *msg* is present, the method call ``update(msg)`` is made. *digestmod* is - the digest constructor or module for the HMAC object to use. It defaults to - the :data:`hashlib.md5` constructor. + Return a new hmac object. *key* is a bytes or bytearray object giving the + secret key. If *msg* is present, the method call ``update(msg)`` is made. + *digestmod* is the digest constructor or module for the HMAC object to use. + It defaults to the :data:`hashlib.md5` constructor. + .. versionchanged:: 3.4 + Parameter *key* can be a bytes or bytearray object. Parameter *msg* can + be of any type supported by :mod:`hashlib`. An HMAC object has the following methods: .. method:: HMAC.update(msg) - Update the hmac object with the bytes object *msg*. Repeated calls are - equivalent to a single call with the concatenation of all the arguments: + Update the hmac object with *msg*. Repeated calls are equivalent to a + single call with the concatenation of all the arguments: ``m.update(a); m.update(b)`` is equivalent to ``m.update(a + b)``. + .. versionchanged:: 3.4 + Parameter *msg* can be of any type supported by :mod:`hashlib`. + .. method:: HMAC.digest() |