Re: [Hash2] Result extension

From: Vinnie Falco (vinnie.falco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-12-09 17:23:40

On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 8:43 AM Peter Dimov via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> ...Subsequent `update` calls now start from an initial internal
> state that has incorporated the contents of [p, p+n), and that
> has been "finalized" (scrambled thoroughly) such that the
> result is not equivalent to just prepending the seed to the
> message (as would have happened if the result() call has been
> omitted.)
>

What is wrong with simply prepending the seed?

Thanks