Re: libgcrypt interface

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Dave Paris <[email protected]> writes:

> Please keep the module in the Crypt:: tree, perhaps as
> Crypt::GCrypt::*. Top-level module namespace is typically generic,
> like Net::, Math::, etc. regardless of the libraries implemented by
> their constituents.

Looking at the module list, I can't believe this is a universal rule
-- there are too many exceptions: DCE, Fwctl, NetAddr, NetPacket, RPC,
SNMP, etc. Interfaces to external libraries/programs are more often on
first level than not: GTop, Mon, Cdk, Curses, Shockwave, GnuPG, PGP,
RPM, Gimp, any many more.

Aaand ... Crypt::GCrypt sucks rocks, aesthetically.

Crypt itself is a big hodge-podge. Symmetric (Blowfish, DES, IDEA) and
asymmetric (ElGamal, RSA) ciphers, next to modes (CBC, ECB), along
with program/library interfaces (PGP, GPG, OpenSSL). GCrypt will
include digest as well, which seem to have their place in Digest, not
Crypt. Sigh.

-- 
Robbe

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