[Pythonmac-SIG] x-platform md5 (endian?)

Bob Savage savageb@pacbell.net
Wed, 03 Nov 1999 16:16:47 -0800


> From: Just van Rossum <just@letterror.com>
>>> I did a little experiment with the MD5 module: I created an md5 digest for a
>>> file on a Windows machine and then created an md5 digest for the same file
>>> on a Mac and it turned out the digests do not match. Might this be because
>>> of the "endian-ism" of the two platforms?
> 
> Quick test: it works. Bob, maybe it's the text/binary issue once more?
> 

Just, thanks for your response.

I must've mixed my binary & non-binary reads. Thanks! - Bob