Re: ost::Digest class Re: protected initDigest() method

[Federico Montesino Pouzols]

        Hi,

On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 03:22:55PM -0500, address@hidden wrote:
> The ost::MD5Digest/ost::SHA1Digest/ost::SHA256Digest classes all inherit 
> from the abstract ost::Digest class.daThe ost::Digest class lists a 
> protected abstract method, initDigest().daThe digest classes that inherit 
> from ost::Digest make their initDigest() methods public.daI want to use the 
> ost::Digest class as an interface to multiple digests.  That way I can have 
> a function that takes a ost::Digest* and uses it for it's digest computing 
> needs.

        It seems that initDigest was originally intended to be used
only internally by derived classes, but I think the idea you propose
is quite interesting. I see no reason why initDigest cannot be public.
Should we make it public?