app/django/utils/hashcompat.py
author Lennard de Rijk <ljvderijk@gmail.com>
Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:33:20 +0000
changeset 1005 46b3e946a3e1
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Changed method name in access.py to fix overwriting another method. Patch by: Lennard de Rijk Reviewed by: to-be-reviewed

"""
The md5 and sha modules are deprecated since Python 2.5, replaced by the
hashlib module containing both hash algorithms. Here, we provide a common
interface to the md5 and sha constructors, preferring the hashlib module when
available.
"""

try:
    import hashlib
    md5_constructor = hashlib.md5
    sha_constructor = hashlib.sha1
except ImportError:
    import md5
    md5_constructor = md5.new
    import sha
    sha_constructor = sha.new