Re: Drop ext/mhash and add an emulation layer in ext/hash (5.3+), call for help
| From: | Derick Rethans | Date: | Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:21:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Drop ext/mhash and add an emulation layer in ext/hash (5.3+), call for help | ||
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On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, Pierre Joye wrote:
> While working on the windows ports, I asked Sara about the mhash
> status in regard of the new shiny ext/hash. The plan is to remove
> ext/hash completely and emulate it in ext/hash to keep the BC. It
> could even a configuration flag if one likes to be sure to clean his
> code to use only the hash APIs.
The mhash extension features some more versions of some algorithms:
http://mhash.sourceforge.net/ But why bother changing
it? I've not heard
of any issues about ext/mhash.
regards,
Derick