app/django/utils/hashcompat.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:51:35 +0000
changeset 1516 8df06dc877aa
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Do not update newly created model properties There is no real reason to favor old behavior over the current, plus the new behavior saves an extra disk write (which are expensive). Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier

"""
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