[Python-Dev] Cryptographic stuff for 2.3 (original) (raw)

Brett Cannon drifty@alum.berkeley.edu
Thu, 24 Apr 2003 13:09:26 -0700 (PDT)

[Guido van Rossum]

> > Thanks for the URLs! Another good reason to avoid tying up Python > > with crypto. > > I don't consider that a good reason. Including batteries is one of the > strengths of Python, and if there are useful libraries, we should > attempt to include them.

IMO there are more important batteries to include before we deal with the hassle of registering for crypto stuff. Even if it's harmless, the inclusion of any crypto at all causes some people to have to go through a lot of corporate red tape.

Good point. I admit I think it would be cool to have an AES implementation in the stdlib, but I don't see it as crucial.

I think does make sense, though, to have a package that is maintained separately that python-dev pseudo endorses (like PyXML and win32all) that contains all of this crypto stuff.

-Brett