Re: MD5

[David Ayers]

Thanks Pete,

I don't think the issue right now is "how" to implement it (because with 
yours we now seem to have three implementations) but rather "where".  
But let me get back to "how" anyway.  I think the following API would be 
usefull

@interface NSData (MD5)
- (NSData *)md5Digest; /* This method actually implements the calculations*/

- (NSString *)md5StringUsingEncoding: (NSStringEncoding) enc;
- (NSString *)md5String; /* uses default encoding.*/
@end

@interface NSString (MD5)
- (NSString *)md5StringUsingEncoding: (NSStringEncoding) enc;
- (NSString *)md5String; /* uses default encoding.*/
@end

But more importantly is where these Categories should go:

1. base/Additions
2. gscrypt - well actually I wouldn't change the existing 
implementation, I would just try handling the pam_-problem transparently 
with LIBRARY_DEPENDS_UPON or/and configure.
3. some official gnustep-base-extension library to catch alle 
GNUstep-base features that base doesn't depend upon and could be written 
to compile agains OS X/4.2.

If this can't be decided today, I'll consider "hacking" them into gsweb 
directly until we've decided which way to go.

Comments? Manuel?

Cheers,
Dave