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HashValue: an object for holding MD5 and SHA hashes

11 points by twampss 17y ago

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trezor 17y ago
Wow. A wrapper class for MD5 and SHA functions? A non-standard library for a standard library? That's it? I realize this is Objective-C and hence it even works on the iPhone which gives it some sort of pseudo-cool alibi and blah blah, but are we seriously having this kind of über-basic stuff on the HN frontpage?
- delano 17y ago
  Ya, I agree. There's a lot of cool stuff you can do with hashes. I started working on a library for Ruby a couple weeks ago for creating hashes and tracking history of objects. "kimmy".gibbler # => c8027100ecc54945ab15ddac529230e38b1ba6a1 :kimmy.gibbler # => 52be7494a602d85ff5d8a8ab4ffe7f1b171587df a = { :magic => :original } a.gibbler_commit # => d7049916ddb25e6cc438b1028fb957e5139f9910 a[:magic] = :updated a.gibbler_commit # => b668098e16d08898532bf3aa33ce2253a3a4150e a[:magic] = :changed a.gibbler_commit # => 0b11c377fccd44554a601e5d2b135c46dc1c4cb1 a.gibbler_history # => d7049916, b668098e, 0b11c377 a.gibbler_revert 'd7049916' # Return to a specific commit a.gibbler # => d7049916ddb25e6cc438b1028fb957e5139f9910 a # => { :magic => :original }
  - ivey 17y ago
    You seem to have a serious Full House problem, but an awesome library coming along. I'd expect gibbler_revert to be gibbler_revert!, plus a non-destructive version to fetch a specific commit. If I get some time, I may fork/hack a little. (For the Google impaired: http://github.com/delano/gibbler/tree/master http://github.com/delano/gibbler/tree/master)
    - delano 17y ago
      Haha, it's true. I do have a serious FH problem. I also needed an obscure but familiar keyword so the method could be included in any object with low risk of collision. There is currently near-zero usage of the keyword "gibbler" in any project (Ruby or otherwise). And thanks for the ! correction. I've updated the repo and docs.
      - paulgb 17y ago
        When you say Full House problem, are you referring to collision of names? (All Google comes up with is info on the 90s TV show)
        sho 17y ago
        Gibbler was a character on the show. Seems the name was chosen because it's apparently unique in the ruby ecosystem. I know this only because I was in love with her at the time .. guh
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11 points by twampss 17y ago

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Wow. A wrapper class for MD5 and SHA functions? A non-standard library for a standard library? That's it? I realize this is Objective-C and hence it even works on the iPhone which gives it some sort of pseudo-cool alibi and blah blah, but are we seriously having this kind of über-basic stuff on the HN frontpage?

delano 17y ago
Ya, I agree. There's a lot of cool stuff you can do with hashes. I started working on a library for Ruby a couple weeks ago for creating hashes and tracking history of objects. "kimmy".gibbler # => c8027100ecc54945ab15ddac529230e38b1ba6a1 :kimmy.gibbler # => 52be7494a602d85ff5d8a8ab4ffe7f1b171587df a = { :magic => :original } a.gibbler_commit # => d7049916ddb25e6cc438b1028fb957e5139f9910 a[:magic] = :updated a.gibbler_commit # => b668098e16d08898532bf3aa33ce2253a3a4150e a[:magic] = :changed a.gibbler_commit # => 0b11c377fccd44554a601e5d2b135c46dc1c4cb1 a.gibbler_history # => d7049916, b668098e, 0b11c377 a.gibbler_revert 'd7049916' # Return to a specific commit a.gibbler # => d7049916ddb25e6cc438b1028fb957e5139f9910 a # => { :magic => :original }
- ivey 17y ago
  You seem to have a serious Full House problem, but an awesome library coming along. I'd expect gibbler_revert to be gibbler_revert!, plus a non-destructive version to fetch a specific commit. If I get some time, I may fork/hack a little. (For the Google impaired: http://github.com/delano/gibbler/tree/master http://github.com/delano/gibbler/tree/master)
  - delano 17y ago
    Haha, it's true. I do have a serious FH problem. I also needed an obscure but familiar keyword so the method could be included in any object with low risk of collision. There is currently near-zero usage of the keyword "gibbler" in any project (Ruby or otherwise). And thanks for the ! correction. I've updated the repo and docs.
    - paulgb 17y ago
      When you say Full House problem, are you referring to collision of names? (All Google comes up with is info on the 90s TV show)
      - sho 17y ago
        Gibbler was a character on the show. Seems the name was chosen because it's apparently unique in the ruby ecosystem. I know this only because I was in love with her at the time .. guh
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