app/django/utils/hashcompat.py
author Lennard de Rijk <ljvderijk@gmail.com>
Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:08:30 +0000
changeset 1788 f7665077a54f
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
StudentProposal abstract is now a text property to support more then 500 bytes. Just in case someone decides to enter a lot of info. The organizations can decide whether it fits their idea of an abstract. 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