Extracted from Pike v7.8 release 352 at 2012-06-24.
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Nettle.HashInfo

Method Nettle.HashInfo()->hash()


Method hash

string hash(string data)

Description

Works as a (faster) shortcut for obj->update(data)->digest().

See also

HashState()->update() and HashState()->digest() .


Method hash

string hash(Stdio.File file, void|int bytes)

Description

Works as a (faster) shortcut for obj->update(Stdio.read_file(file))->digest().

Parameter bytes

The number of bytes of the file object file that should be hashed. Negative numbers are ignored and the whole file is hashed.

See also

Stdio.File , HashState()->update() and HashState()->digest() .