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| author | Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> | 1996-12-23 23:34:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> | 1996-12-23 23:34:17 +0000 |
| commit | f308c0f1fc079189b5d3b27ef86e0e27a5c9ac42 (patch) | |
| tree | 970720968c295b757c73696a63c9ace25f92bbb4 /Doc/lib/librotor.tex | |
| parent | f3dd5aab2f41868186703388fa170517eb000258 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-f308c0f1fc079189b5d3b27ef86e0e27a5c9ac42.tar.gz | |
From reading the source, it turns out that the setkey() method can
take an optional string key, but if key is not given, the method does
nothing! In the rewrite (see upcoming check-in), I left things this
way, but here I document that this is the case.
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/lib/librotor.tex')
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/librotor.tex | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/librotor.tex b/Doc/lib/librotor.tex index 6befb05590..af2a283f62 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/librotor.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/librotor.tex @@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ if it is omitted, a default value of 6 will be used. Rotor objects have the following methods: \renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(rotor method)} -\begin{funcdesc}{setkey}{} -Reset the rotor to its initial state. +\begin{funcdesc}{setkey}{\optional{key}} +Sets the rotor's key to \var{key}. If \var{key} is not given, this +function does nothing\footnote{This is for backwards compatibility.}. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{encrypt}{plaintext} |