Re: Lstreams, coding and md5 (was: Re: [PATCH] menubar selection in mswindows)

kkm> Of course, any of these may be 'undecided. Which will result in a terrible hash. (Pun intended.) kkm> As I see the problem, the only questionable hashing source is kkm> a string, in which case there is no associated source of kkm> coding type information. Am I missing something? Please insert the word "default" between "of" and "coding". The type of the target is unknowable and variable; the type of the source is always known. In many cases it's easy to guess, and the default will never be overruled. In others, it's impossible to guess and overruling the default will be the rule.