[Python-Dev] cpython: Issue #18582: provide a faster C implementation of pbkdf2_hmac that works with

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sat, 19 Oct 2013 14:25:28 +0200 (CEST)
christian.heimes <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:
>  
> -   .. note:: A fast implementation of *pbkdf2_hmac* is only available with
> -      OpenSSL 1.0 and newer. The Python implementation uses an inline
> -      version of :mod:`hmac` and is about three times slower. Contrary to
> -      OpenSSL's current code the length of the password has only a minimal
> -      impact on the runtime of the Python implementation.
> +   .. note:: A fast implementation of *pbkdf2_hmac* is available with OpenSSL.
> +      The Python implementation uses an inline version of :mod:`hmac`. It is
> +      about three times slower and doesn't release the GIL.

The documentation should stop talking about the Python implementation
if the C implementation is always used by default.

Regards

Antoine.