[issue39298] add BLAKE3 to hashlib

[Larry Hastings]

Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org> added the comment:

The Rust version is already quite "lean".  And it can be much faster than the C version, because it supports internal multithreading.  Even without multithreading I bet it's at least a hair faster.

Also, Jack has independently written a Python package based around the C version:

  https://github.com/oconnor663/blake3-py/tree/master/c_impl

so my making one would be redundant.

I have no interest in building standalone BLAKE3 PyPI packages for Raspberry Pi or Android.  My goal was for BLAKE3 to be one of the "included batteries" in Python--which would have meant it would, eventually, be available on the Raspberry Pi and Android builds that way.

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