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@@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ length divisible by 3 (except possibly the last fragment).
Compute the binhex4 crc value of \var{data}, starting with an initial
\var{crc} and returning the result.
\end{funcdesc}
+
+\begin{funcdesc}{crc32}{data\optional{, crc}}
+Compute CRC-32, the 32-bit checksum of data, starting with an initial
+crc. This is consistent with the ZIP file checksum. Use as follows:
+\begin{verbatim}
+ print binascii.crc32("hello world")
+ # Or, in two pieces:
+ crc = binascii.crc32("hello")
+ crc = binascii.crc32(" world", crc)
+ print crc
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{funcdesc}
\begin{excdesc}{Error}
Exception raised on errors. These are usually programming errors.