Hi Renzo,

> is there any constraint to limit input size
Digest messages can be arbitrary length. You have to count the bytes if
you want to call MessageEnd() or Final() at a certain point.

Compile Time constant: MD5::DIGESTSIZE 
Runtime: md5.DigestSize()

Jeff 

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> Subject: digest size
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> 
> Hi all,
>     is there any constraint to limit input size of a digest 
> algorithm to a predefined value, in method Update ? Are we 
> free to choose any input size until we call Final ? And 
> within the same context: what's the difference, for example, 
> between using MD5::DIGESTSIZE and md5.DigestSize() ? Are they 
> to be considered semantically equivalent ? Thanks,
> 
> Renzo Tomaselli
> 

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