Re: [Scsh-hackers] md5 for scsh

[sperber@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor])]

>>>>> "Michel" == Michel Schinz <Michel.Schinz@epfl.ch> writes:

Michel> Martin Gasbichler <gasbichl@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:

>> I just don't like the idea of numbers with special meanings floating
>> around in the program. Scsh has enough of them already. You can't do
>> anything reasonable with a md5-digest than reading, writing and
>> comparing them, so we not help the programmer with enforcing this. 

Michel> I see... While I like the idea, I'm slightly disturbed by the fact
Michel> that you depart from the scsh tradition here, in my opinion, and that
Michel> could confuse the programmer. It would be interesting to see what
Michel> others think, though.

That tradition is going away bit by bit anyway.  See the SYSLOG
interface.

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