BUG? sha-moduel returns same crc for different files

[alex_holubec]

Another Solution.
Hashing is an overkill. The following method has been used by Herr Professor
Doktor Niklaus Wirth :-)
in Project Oberon: open both files in binary mode and compare byte by byte.
Very simple and fast.

Alex

"jepler epler" <jepler.lnk at lnk.ispi.net> wrote in message
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> Solutions:
> 1. use open(filename, "b")
> 2. don't use windows
>
> You're getting the file truncated (probably at the first chr(26)) and
> the leading portions are identical.
>
> Jeff