[Python-Dev] Right place for PBKDF2 wrapper

[Serhiy Storchaka]

14.10.13 13:07, Antoine Pitrou написав(ла):
> Le Mon, 14 Oct 2013 12:47:03 +0300,
> Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com> a écrit :
>> 13.10.13 13:39, Christian Heimes написав(ла):
>>> Am 13.10.2013 08:32, schrieb Nick Coghlan:
>>>> +1 to hashlib from me (especially since we used that as the best
>>>> available home for compare_digest).
>>>
>>> I'm afraid your memory doesn't serve you well. :(
>>> compare_digest is implemented in _operator.c. Its official home is
>>> hmac.compare_digest.
>>
>> Could we move compare_digest() out of _operator.c? It makes Python
>> implementation of the operator module incomplete.
>
> Or we could simply write a reference Python implementation :-)

It was discussed when compare_digest() was introdused. Looks as pure 
Python implementation is not possible (without destroying the purpose of 
compare_digest()). Even with C implementation we should be very careful.