Scott McMurray wrote:
I've boostified, cleaned up, and documented the Hash Library I mentioned here about a month ago. Comments, complaints, suggestions, and questions appreciated.
Source code is in the sandbox at http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/hash/
Documentation can be read online at http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~smcmur/hash/
I was very pleased by how the implementation came together, as templates mean that all the hash algorithms share a substantial portion of their code.
Those details are all hidden from the user, though. Here's an example showing the simplest use of the library:
#include <boost/hash.hpp>
#include <iostream> #include <string>
int main() { std::string s = "Hello World!"; typedef boost::hash::sha2<256> HashPolicy; HashPolicy::digest_type digest = boost::hash::compute_digest<HashPolicy>(s); std::cout << digest << "\n"; }
Thanks, ~ Scott McMurray
To be honest, I just looked at the quickstart (very nice) and the performance: Performance is an issue, I think. You may also want to look at small entities. We hash many millions of small data entities each day (MD5). Also, adding comparison with openssl or cryptopp might be useful. Regards, Roland