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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/hmac.py b/Lib/hmac.py
index 0f59fd4847..e878e1a809 100644
--- a/Lib/hmac.py
+++ b/Lib/hmac.py
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ trans_36 = bytes((x ^ 0x36) for x in range(256))
# hashing module used. Use digest_size from the instance of HMAC instead.
digest_size = None
-# A unique object passed by HMAC.copy() to the HMAC constructor, in order
-# that the latter return very quickly. HMAC("") in contrast is quite
-# expensive.
-_secret_backdoor_key = []
class HMAC:
"""RFC 2104 HMAC class. Also complies with RFC 4231.
@@ -36,9 +32,6 @@ class HMAC:
Note: key and msg must be bytes objects.
"""
- if key is _secret_backdoor_key: # cheap
- return
-
if not isinstance(key, bytes):
raise TypeError("expected bytes, but got %r" % type(key).__name__)
@@ -58,8 +51,6 @@ class HMAC:
if hasattr(self.inner, 'block_size'):
blocksize = self.inner.block_size
if blocksize < 16:
- # Very low blocksize, most likely a legacy value like
- # Lib/sha.py and Lib/md5.py have.
_warnings.warn('block_size of %d seems too small; using our '
'default of %d.' % (blocksize, self.blocksize),
RuntimeWarning, 2)
@@ -79,9 +70,6 @@ class HMAC:
if msg is not None:
self.update(msg)
-## def clear(self):
-## raise NotImplementedError, "clear() method not available in HMAC."
-
def update(self, msg):
"""Update this hashing object with the string msg.
"""
@@ -94,7 +82,8 @@ class HMAC:
An update to this copy won't affect the original object.
"""
- other = self.__class__(_secret_backdoor_key)
+ # Call __new__ directly to avoid the expensive __init__.
+ other = self.__class__.__new__(self.__class__)
other.digest_cons = self.digest_cons
other.digest_size = self.digest_size
other.inner = self.inner.copy()