app/django/utils/hashcompat.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:46:19 +0000
changeset 684 896672e44e03
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Fix for randomely ocurring bug The bug and it's fix are described by the first comment from Guido in http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=772. Patch by: Guido van Rossum

"""
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