# std/crypto: don't constrain Gimli hash output to a fixed length · gitcafe/zig

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Commit: e7b60b219be3885718425d8ddf25d38d3808e90e

Tree: b11c4a58b9cbda15aeb94d405c4985cbd4b606b5

Author: Frank Denis

Committer: Andrew Kelley

## Message

```
std/crypto: don't constrain Gimli hash output to a fixed length

As documented in the comment right above the finalization function,
Gimli can be used as a XOF, i.e. the output doesn't have a fixed
length.

So, allow it to be used that way, just like BLAKE3.

```

## Parents

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