From: mdw <mdw>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:05:58 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix README and mLib.3 a bit.
X-Git-Tag: 2.0.4~22
X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/mLib/commitdiff_plain/9b64ede2bf4a5475b4dd5a6cfab93488f0f60284?ds=sidebyside

Fix README and mLib.3 a bit.
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diff --git a/README b/README
index 6db3631..e64fd10 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ Quick tour
 
 	Then there's a bunch of other stuff.
 
+	  * `base32.h' does Base32 encoding and decoding.    This is a
+	    mad thing one needs for sha1 URNs.
+
 	  * `base64.h' does Base64 encoding and decoding.
 
 	  * `bits.h' provides some portable bit manipulation macros.
@@ -156,6 +159,8 @@ Quick tour
 	  * `fdflags.h' encapsulates some traditional little dances with
 	    fcntl when playing with nonblocking files.
 
+	  * `hex.h' does hex encoding and decoding.
+
 	  * `lock.h' does fcntl-style locking with a timeout.
 
 	  * `quis.h' works out the program name from the value of
@@ -177,12 +182,15 @@ Quick tour
 	    results.  It's particularly handy with cryptographic
 	    algorithms, I find.
 
+	  * `unihash.h' provides universal hashing.  This is useful in
+	    hash tables for preventing uneven loading even in the
+	    presence of a malicious person choosing the hash keys.
+
 	  * `url.h' does url-encoding, which armours mostly-textual
 	    name/value pairs so they contain no whitespace characters.
 
+-- [mdw]
 
-								Mark Wooding
-								mdw@nsict.org
 
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diff --git a/man/mLib.3 b/man/mLib.3
index eab7780..1f56dbf 100644
--- a/man/mLib.3
+++ b/man/mLib.3
@@ -220,7 +220,12 @@ The
 .BR base64 (3)
 module does base64 encoding and decoding, as defined in RFC2045.  Base64
 encodes arbitrary binary data in a reliable way which is resistant to
-character-set transformations and other mail transport bogosity.
+character-set transformations and other mail transport bogosity.  The 
+.BR base32 (3)
+module does base32 encoding and decoding, as defined in RFC2938.  This
+is a mad format which is needed for sha1 URNs, for no good reason.  The
+.BR hex (3)
+module does hex encoding and decoding.
 .PP
 The
 .BR url (3)