Message 55691 - Python tracker

Message55691

Author	georg.brandl
Recipients	dripton, georg.brandl
Date	2007-09-06.13:49:56
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David Ripton schrieb: > New submission from David Ripton: > > The hashlib module seems not to work at all: > > $ python3.0 > Python 3.0a1 (py3k, Sep 5 2007, 08:17:11) > [GCC 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2)] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>> import hashlib >>>> m = hashlib.md5() >>>> m.update("Nobody inspects") > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > TypeError: object supporting the buffer API required hashlib only accepts bytes for its digests, since the algorithms work on bytes, not characters. Unfortunately, this isn't documented yet, but I'll do that now.

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David Ripton schrieb:
> New submission from David Ripton:
> 
> The hashlib module seems not to work at all:
> 
> $ python3.0
> Python 3.0a1 (py3k, Sep  5 2007, 08:17:11)
> [GCC 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> import hashlib
>>>> m = hashlib.md5()
>>>> m.update("Nobody inspects")
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> TypeError: object supporting the buffer API required

hashlib only accepts bytes for its digests, since the algorithms work
on bytes, not characters.

Unfortunately, this isn't documented yet, but I'll do that now.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2007-09-06 13:49:56	georg.brandl	set	spambayes_score: 0.00209312 -> 0.0020931228 recipients: + georg.brandl, dripton
2007-09-06 13:49:56	georg.brandl	link	issue1118 messages
2007-09-06 13:49:56	georg.brandl	create