A new hashlib module to replace the md5 and sha modules. It adds support for additional secure hashes such as SHA-256 and SHA-512. The hashlib module uses OpenSSL for fast platform optimized implementations of algorithms when available. The old md5 and sha modules still exist as wrappers around hashlib to preserve backwards compatibility.
I'm getting compilation errors: C:\py25\Modules\sha512module.c(146) : error C2059: syntax error : 'bad suffix on number' C:\py25\Modules\sha512module.c(146) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ')' before identifier 'L' C:\py25\Modules\sha512module.c(146) : error C2059: syntax error : 'bad suffix on number' C:\py25\Modules\sha512module.c(146) : error C2059: syntax error : 'bad suffix on number' C:\py25\Modules\sha512module.c(146) : error C2059: syntax error : 'bad suffix on number' C:\py25\Modules\sha512module.c(146) : error C2059: syntax error : 'bad suffix on number' C:\py25\Modules\sha512module.c(146) : error C2059: syntax error : 'bad suffix on number' C:\py25\Modules\sha512module.c(146) : fatal error C1013: compiler limit : too many open parentheses Also, there should be updating entries to Misc/NEWS, PC/VC6/pythoncore.dsp, and PC/config.c. Raymond