From: Larry Hastings <larry@hastings.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 07:59:34 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Minor grammar refinement for hmac.compare_digest().
X-Git-Tag: v3.3.0b1~22
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=48986d68c2bc6da075fed2cb9f8426afc7c6a622;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Minor grammar refinement for hmac.compare_digest().
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diff --git a/Doc/library/hmac.rst b/Doc/library/hmac.rst
index 38f1687b0b71..0706ff4378ce 100644
--- a/Doc/library/hmac.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/hmac.rst
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ This module also provides the following helper function:
    .. note::
 
       If *a* and *b* are of different lengths, or if an error occurs,
-      a timing attack may be able to reveal information about the types
-      and lengths of *a* and *b*, but not their values.
+      a timing attack could theoretically reveal information about the
+      types and lengths of *a* and *b*--but not their values.
 
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
diff --git a/Modules/operator.c b/Modules/operator.c
index 5adb4deafbd9..12fdad54d605 100644
--- a/Modules/operator.c
+++ b/Modules/operator.c
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(compare_digest__doc__,
 "or any type that supports the buffer protocol (e.g. bytes).\n"
 "\n"
 "Note: If a and b are of different lengths, or if an error occurs,\n"
-"a timing attack may be able to reveal information about the types\n"
-"and lengths of a and b, but not their values.\n");
+"a timing attack could theoretically reveal information about the\n"
+"types and lengths of a and b--but not their values.\n");
 
 static PyObject*
 compare_digest(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)