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+// Copyright 2024 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Package hash implements hash functions used in the compiler toolchain.
+package hash
+
+import (
+ "crypto/md5"
+ "crypto/sha1"
+ "crypto/sha256"
+ "hash"
+)
+
+const (
+ // Size32 is the size of 32 bytes hash checksum.
+ Size32 = sha256.Size
+ // Size20 is the size of 20 bytes hash checksum.
+ Size20 = sha1.Size
+ // Size16 is the size of 16 bytes hash checksum.
+ Size16 = md5.Size
+)
+
+// New32 returns a new [hash.Hash] computing the 32 bytes hash checksum.
+func New32() hash.Hash {
+ h := sha256.New()
+ _, _ = h.Write([]byte{1}) // make this hash different from sha256
+ return h
+}
+
+// New20 returns a new [hash.Hash] computing the 20 bytes hash checksum.
+func New20() hash.Hash {
+ return sha1.New()
+}
+
+// New16 returns a new [hash.Hash] computing the 16 bytes hash checksum.
+func New16() hash.Hash {
+ return md5.New()
+}
+
+// Sum32 returns the 32 bytes checksum of the data.
+func Sum32(data []byte) [Size32]byte {
+ sum := sha256.Sum256(data)
+ sum[0] ^= 1 // make this hash different from sha256
+ return sum
+}
+
+// Sum20 returns the 20 bytes checksum of the data.
+func Sum20(data []byte) [Size20]byte {
+ return sha1.Sum(data)
+}
+
+// Sum16 returns the 16 bytes checksum of the data.
+func Sum16(data []byte) [Size16]byte {
+ return md5.Sum(data)
+}