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ferringb

check into the fchksum module, definitely difference in speed plus it doesn't require buffering the contents of the file all in mem.

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Florian

could you please post a link to it where a hapless victim can download ready to install packages for python 2.3/2.4 for macosx, linux and windoze.

A performance comparision would be nice too. (including md5, adler32, crc32 and fchksum)

Florian

of course I do mean the fchksum, it's not part neither of python.org's python nor of activestates.

Peter Bengtsson

Thanks for the advice but I can't afford the time to test this more. The next time I write a benchmark I'll include this.