Issue #15061: Re-implemented hmac.compare_digest() in C
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Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #15061: Re-implemented hmac.compare_digest() in C to prevent further
+ timing analysis and to support all buffer protocol aware objects as well as
+ ASCII only str instances safely.
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- Issue #14815: Use Py_ssize_t instead of long for the object hash, to
preserve all 64 bits of hash on Win64.