AES256 in PyCrypto

[Gabriel Genellina]

At Sunday 7/1/2007 18:23, mirandacascade at yahoo.com wrote:

>Is a docstring is the text between the three consecutive quote
>characters in a .py file?  The reason for the question is that I looked

See section 4.6 in the Python Tutorial - I strongly suggest you read 
it (or any other introductory text like diveintopython)

>Can docstrings be embedded within the .pyd extension modules as well?

Yes - if the original module writer has provided it.

> >>> x = AES.new(
>As soon as I type the '(' character, the IDE displays:
>new(key, [mode], [IV]): Return a new AES encryption object [...]
>I'm guessing that what the IDE is displaying is the first line of what
>may be multiple-line docstring that is embedded within the .pyd
>extension module?  Might there be more lines in the docstring?

I don't know which IDE are you using, but try typing "help(AES.new)" 
or simply "help" (without quotes) in the interpreter.


-- 
Gabriel Genellina
Softlab SRL 


	

	
		
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