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#7 Inconsistent usage of “hash”, “digest”, and “checksum”

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nobody
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2012-09-14
2012-08-05
No

Both the interface and documentation of MD5 Reborned Hasher use different words for the same concept: hash, digest, checksum, and sum. All those are technical words, and the extension would gain in clarity by making its vocabulary more consistent.

“Checksum” is quite self-explanatory and might be easier to understand for a less technical audience. For example, in the GUI “Check digest…” could be replaced by “Verify checksum…” and “Generate digest” by “Generate checksum”.

I'm ready to provide patches if needed.

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