Merge branch 'hash_module'

Author: Christophe Oosterlynck

src/CryptoPlus/Hash.py

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+from Crypto.Hash import RIPEMD
+
+def new(data=""):
+        """Create a new RIPEMD-160 hash object
+        
+        data =  initial input (raw string) to the hashing object
+                if present, the method call update(arg) is made
+        
+        EXAMPLE: 
+        =========
+        
+        >>> from CryptoPlus.Hash import RIPEMD
+        
+        >>> message = "abc"
+        >>> hasher = RIPEMD.new()
+        >>> hasher.update(message)
+        >>> hasher.hexdigest()
+        '8eb208f7e05d987a9b044a8e98c6b087f15a0bfc'
+        
+        >>> message = "message digest"
+        >>> hasher = RIPEMD.new()
+        >>> hasher.update(message)
+        >>> hasher.hexdigest()
+        '5d0689ef49d2fae572b881b123a85ffa21595f36'
+        """
+        return RIPEMD.new(data)

src/CryptoPlus/Hash/RIPEMD.py

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+# hash functions of pycrypto can be just imported
+# wrapping might be a better idea if docstrings need to be expanded
+# wrapping in Cipher was needed to make the new chaining modes available
+from Crypto.Hash import SHA, SHA256, MD5, MD2, MD4, HMAC
+
+__all__ = ["SHA","SHA256","MD5","MD2","MD4","HMAC","RIPEMD"]
+