shishi_cipher_blocksize(3)

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version 1.0.3 · 2 versions
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✨ shishi_cipher_blocksize(3) ✨

okay so bestie, we're in section 3 of the shishi manual (that's the library-functions section, the "call these from your C code" zone) and today's main character is shishi_cipher_blocksize. yes she's tiny. yes she matters. let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

shishi_cipher_blocksize — it's an API function, babes. that's the whole job description.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

first, you gotta let her in:

#include <shishi.h>

int shishi_cipher_blocksize(int32_t type);

she takes one lil int32_t and hands you back an int. cute, clean, no drama. 🦋

🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

  • int32_t type — the encryption type, bestie. like, which cipher are we talking about here? you go look that up in Shishi_etype, that's where all the type codes live. iykyk 💜

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

she gives you the block size for a cipher. that's it. that's the function. you tell her the encryption type, she tells you how big the block is. no cap, sometimes the smallest functions are the ones you'd miss the most 😭

👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

you get back the block size for that encryption type, exactly as it's defined in the standards. not vibes-based. not vibes-adjacent. standards-based. periodt. ⭐

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

found a bug? not me gatekeeping the bug report — send it straight to:

  • <bug-shishi@gnu.org>

and if you need the bigger picture:

don't sit on it, bestie, tell them 🫶

Copyright © 2002-2022 Simon Josefsson.

Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.

(translation: go off, remix it, share it, just keep the receipt 🧾✨)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the full documentation for shishi lives in a Texinfo manual. if the info pages and the shishi programs are properly installed on your system, this:

info shishi

should open up the whole complete manual for you. go read, queen 👑

and that's the page!! sending you off with the version and the date like a lil friendship bracelet — this is from shishi 1.0.3, dated with love, and she's shishi_cipher_blocksize(3) forever 💖 mwah, go call your ciphers bestie 🎀

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