function: rmd160_init (library) rmd160

Name

rmd160_init - Initialize a digest instance with the empty state.

Synopsis

RMD160 rmd160_init( RMD160 target )

Description

rmd160_init initializes the target RMD160 digest instance with the initial empty state. rmd160_init() is implemented as a macro that calls rmd160_copy().

target is the reference to the RMD160 digest instance which will be initialized with the empty state, or is NULL to dynamically allocate a new instance with the empty state. The caller must release a dynamically allocated instance via rmd160_destroy().

Return values

rmd160_init returns the reference to the initialized RMD160 digest instance.

Errors

NULL is returned if a new RMD160 digest instance cannot be allocated.

See also

rmd160 homepage


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