[Python-checkins] r51663 - python/trunk/Doc/lib/libhashlib.tex

[armin.rigo]

Author: armin.rigo
Date: Thu Aug 31 10:51:06 2006
New Revision: 51663

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/lib/libhashlib.tex
Log:
Doc fix: hashlib objects don't always return a digest of 16 bytes.
Backport candidate for 2.5.


Modified: python/trunk/Doc/lib/libhashlib.tex
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/lib/libhashlib.tex	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/lib/libhashlib.tex	Thu Aug 31 10:51:06 2006
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@
 
 \begin{methoddesc}[hash]{digest}{}
 Return the digest of the strings passed to the \method{update()}
-method so far.  This is a 16-byte string which may contain
-non-\ASCII{} characters, including null bytes.
+method so far.  This is a string of \member{digest_size} bytes which may
+contain non-\ASCII{} characters, including null bytes.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}[hash]{hexdigest}{}