""" The md5 and sha modules are deprecated since Python 2.5, replaced by the hashlib module containing both hash algorithms. Here, we provide a common interface to the md5 and sha constructors, depending on system version. """ import sys if sys.version_info >= (2, 5): import hashlib md5_constructor = hashlib.md5 md5_hmac = md5_constructor sha_constructor = hashlib.sha1 sha_hmac = sha_constructor else: import md5 md5_constructor = md5.new md5_hmac = md5 import sha sha_constructor = sha.new sha_hmac = sha