app/django/utils/hashcompat.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:13 +0000
changeset 1761 cf39e8705fac
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Except and properly handle Errors in view decorator After the next release we can remove all try/except combinations that are not customized and leave the handling of those exceptions to the view decorator. 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