Re: Bug#556386: ITP: libdigest-sha-pureperl-perl -- Digest::SHA::PurePerl - Perl implementation of SHA-1/224/256/384/512
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Peter Samuelson <peter@p12n.org> wrote:
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> [Andres Mejia]
>> Digest::SHA::PurePerl is a complete implementation of the NIST Secure Hash
>> Standard written entirely in Perl. It gives Perl programmers a convenient way
>> to calculate SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512 message digests. It
>> is functionally equivalent to the Digest::SHA module.
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> Is there any possible point? All Debian architectures can build and
> run XS Perl modules.
(Note: I have no idea what this particular case is about)
PurePerl programs are often useful because they have less risk of
crashing horribly via a segfault. I'm not sure how this applies to
something as well-tested as the Digest::SHA module or the C
implementation of the algorithm.
It should be noted that while all arches can build and run XS modules,
it doesn't preclude a given arch from being unable to build a module
properly. In that case, it's convenient to be able to fall back to a
pure perl equivalent easily.
Neither of these is really convincing (not to me, and probably not to
you), but it's the best I could come up with.
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