Add a new Digest.result_bytes convenience function.

src/libextra/crypto/cryptoutil.rs

@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ mod test {
 
     use cryptoutil::{add_bytes_to_bits, add_bytes_to_bits_tuple};
     use digest::Digest;
+    use hex::FromHex;
 
     /// Feed 1,000,000 'a's into the digest with varying input sizes and check that the result is
     /// correct.
@@ -373,8 +374,10 @@ mod test {
         }
 
         let result_str = digest.result_str();
+        let result_bytes = digest.result_bytes();
 
-        assert!(expected == result_str);
+        assert_eq!(expected, result_str.as_slice());
+        assert_eq!(expected.from_hex().unwrap(), result_bytes);
     }
 
     // A normal addition - no overflow occurs

src/libextra/crypto/digest.rs

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 use std::vec;
 
+use hex::ToHex;
+
 
 /**
  * The Digest trait specifies an interface common to digest functions, such as SHA-1 and the SHA-2
@@ -56,25 +58,22 @@ pub trait Digest {
         self.input(input.as_bytes());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Convenience function that retrieves the result of a digest as a
+     * newly allocated vec of bytes.
+     */
+    fn result_bytes(&mut self) -> ~[u8] {
+        let mut buf = vec::from_elem((self.output_bits()+7)/8, 0u8);
+        self.result(buf);
+        buf
+    }
+
     /**
      * Convenience function that retrieves the result of a digest as a
      * ~str in hexadecimal format.
      */
     fn result_str(&mut self) -> ~str {
-        let mut buf = vec::from_elem((self.output_bits()+7)/8, 0u8);
-        self.result(buf);
-        return to_hex(buf);
+        self.result_bytes().to_hex()
     }
 }
 
-fn to_hex(rr: &[u8]) -> ~str {
-    let mut s = ~"";
-    for b in rr.iter() {
-        let hex = (*b as uint).to_str_radix(16u);
-        if hex.len() == 1 {
-            s.push_char('0');
-        }
-        s.push_str(hex);
-    }
-    return s;
-}