On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 10:02:57AM -0500, Pete Emerson wrote: > Is there a faster way to calculate the hex md5 of a file?
Faster in what sense? In terms of execution speed, probably not. You could reimplement Digest::MD5 to include a function, written in C, that opens the file, reads it, calculates the md5 sum, and returns the sum. You'll probably get a marginal speed improvement. The rest of Digest::MD5 is already written in C, the only thing the aforementioned function saves you is a few method calls. In terms of code size, no, not if you're going to use the current Digest::MD5 interface. You could add a method to Digest::MD5 that does basically what your md5() function does, but you'd just be moving the code somewhere else. It's even possible such a function has been added already; have you checked the latest version? Michael -- Administrator www.shoebox.net Programmer, System Administrator www.gallanttech.com -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
