app/django/utils/hashcompat.py
author Lennard de Rijk <ljvderijk@gmail.com>
Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:08:15 +0000
changeset 1426 dc3a7f618b68
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Added student_proposal view. Note that the access checks still need to be done and other functionality like ranking/scoring and withdrawal of the application are not in yet. 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