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Mention PyCryptodome

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Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

Research direction

No file or test is named. Search the guide's documentation for references to PyCrypto, then update the relevant mention to PyCryptodome and verify that the outdated reference has been removed.

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Description

Please don't mention PyCrypto. It's not actively developed, and any software that depends on it, is a nighmare to install on windows. There is a drop in replacement called pycryptodome which is actively developed and provides wheels.

http://pycryptodome.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

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