Re: [boost] [gsoc][student] Proposal

Subject: Re: [boost] [gsoc][student] Proposal
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-19 12:49:28

Kasra wrote:

> My proposal is to have a crypto library that provides high-level facilities. The library has different encapsulation layers. Within the low-level (internal) there are algorithms that share the same concept i.e.
> 
> class block_cipher_type:
> 	+ setkey(const void* key, size_type key_size) -> void;
> 	+ encrypt(void* output, const void* input) -> const void;
> 	+ decrypt(void* output, const void* input) -> const void;

Why the C-like interface?
Why not work with iterator, or better, ranges?