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

Subject: Re: [boost] [gsoc][student] Proposal
From: Marshall Clow (marshall_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-19 12:59:17

At 5:49 PM +0100 3/19/09, Mathias Gaunard wrote:
>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?

I don't think that this should be an either-or decision.
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