Re: [boost] [rfc] Preliminary Hash Library

Subject: Re: [boost] [rfc] Preliminary Hash Library
From: Scott McMurray (me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-07 15:52:13

On 6 May 2010 05:46, Paul A. Bristow <pbristow_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> Looks neat.
>

Thanks.

>
> This is going to be used by lots of total amateurs (it might be me!).
>
> So the start is a bit steep?
>

Good point.  I've added a short introduction
<http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~smcmur/hash/doc/html/introduction.html>;
What else would you like to see there?

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> A *default* hash policy would also be nice? So the quickstart could be even quicker ;-)
>

Because of the range of possible uses, I'd rather not provide a
default, especially since future papers will likely necessitate
changing it.  I've added some guidance below the table with your
SHA/MD5 suggestions (which I agree with).

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> And the quickstart is fine, but a simple hash-my-file example would be good too?
>

You're in luck; That's the other example included.  I added a link to
it from the quickstart to make it easier to find.

~ Scott McMurray