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Document that the key should not contain null bytes.

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Guido van Rossum 2002-06-10 19:42:43 +00:00
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@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ The available functions in this module are:
\begin{funcdesc}{newrotor}{key\optional{, numrotors}}
Return a rotor object. \var{key} is a string containing the encryption key
for the object; it can contain arbitrary binary data. The key will be used
for the object; it can contain arbitrary binary data but not null bytes.
The key will be used
to randomly generate the rotor permutations and their initial positions.
\var{numrotors} is the number of rotor permutations in the returned object;
if it is omitted, a default value of 6 will be used.
@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ if it is omitted, a default value of 6 will be used.
Rotor objects have the following methods:
\begin{methoddesc}[rotor]{setkey}{key}
Sets the rotor's key to \var{key}.
Sets the rotor's key to \var{key}. The key should not contain null bytes.
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}[rotor]{encrypt}{plaintext}