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Tag: release22-maint
librotor.tex
Log Message:
Backport 1.19:

Document that the key should not contain null bytes.



Index: librotor.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/librotor.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.18
retrieving revision 1.18.22.1
diff -C2 -d -r1.18 -r1.18.22.1
*** librotor.tex 24 Jan 2001 17:19:07 -0000 1.18
--- librotor.tex 5 Oct 2002 15:14:33 -0000 1.18.22.1
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*** 30,34 ****
\begin{funcdesc}{newrotor}{key\optional{, numrotors}}
Return a rotor object. \var{key} is a string containing the encryption key
! for the object; it can contain arbitrary binary data. The key will be used
to randomly generate the rotor permutations and their initial positions.
\var{numrotors} is the number of rotor permutations in the returned object;
--- 30,35 ----
\begin{funcdesc}{newrotor}{key\optional{, numrotors}}
Return a rotor object. \var{key} is a string containing the encryption key
! for the object; it can contain arbitrary binary data but not null bytes.
! The key will be used
to randomly generate the rotor permutations and their initial positions.
\var{numrotors} is the number of rotor permutations in the returned object;
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*** 39,43 ****

\begin{methoddesc}[rotor]{setkey}{key}
! Sets the rotor's key to \var{key}.
\end{methoddesc}

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\begin{methoddesc}[rotor]{setkey}{key}
! Sets the rotor's key to \var{key}. The key should not contain null bytes.
\end{methoddesc}