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diff --git a/Lib/hashlib.py b/Lib/hashlib.py
index aacb268bfd..9d860c481b 100644
--- a/Lib/hashlib.py
+++ b/Lib/hashlib.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-# $Id$
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Gregory P. Smith (greg@krypto.org)
+# Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Gregory P. Smith (greg@krypto.org)
# Licensed to PSF under a Contributor Agreement.
#
@@ -15,8 +13,9 @@ than using new(name):
md5(), sha1(), sha224(), sha256(), sha384(), and sha512()
-More algorithms may be available on your platform but the above are
-guaranteed to exist.
+More algorithms may be available on your platform but the above are guaranteed
+to exist. See the algorithms_guaranteed and algorithms_available attributes
+to find out what algorithm names can be passed to new().
NOTE: If you want the adler32 or crc32 hash functions they are available in
the zlib module.
@@ -57,9 +56,11 @@ More condensed:
# always available algorithm is added.
__always_supported = ('md5', 'sha1', 'sha224', 'sha256', 'sha384', 'sha512')
-algorithms = __always_supported
+algorithms_guaranteed = __always_supported
+algorithms_available = frozenset(__always_supported)
-__all__ = __always_supported + ('new', 'algorithms')
+__all__ = __always_supported + ('new', 'algorithms_guaranteed',
+ 'algorithms_available')
def __get_builtin_constructor(name):
@@ -124,6 +125,8 @@ try:
import _hashlib
new = __hash_new
__get_hash = __get_openssl_constructor
+ algorithms_available = algorithms_available.union(
+ _hashlib.openssl_md_meth_names)
except ImportError:
new = __py_new
__get_hash = __get_builtin_constructor