[COUCHDB-833] Use Takanori Ishikawa's JS SHA1 implementation which doesn't pollute the global namespace

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: Futon
• Skill Level: Regular Contributors Level (Easy to Medium)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Devin Torres
• Created: 22/Jul/10 23:15
• Updated: 02/Sep/18 06:31
• Resolved: 02/Sep/18 06:31

Description

The current implementation by Paj is slow and pollutes the global namespace with variables and functions. This implementation only exports the SHA1 module and also happens to be up to 3 times faster as an added bonus. See http://bit.ly/9wjjRG for benchmarks.