v/vlib/crypto/cipher/xor_generic.v

// Copyright (c) 2019 Alexander Medvednikov. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by an MIT license
// that can be found in the LICENSE file.

module cipher

// NOTE: Implement other versions (joe-c)

// xor_bytes xors the bytes in a and b. The destination should have enough
// space, otherwise xor_bytes will panic. Returns the number of bytes xor'd.
pub fn xor_bytes(dst, a, b []byte) int {
	mut n := a.len
	if b.len < n {
		n = b.len
	}
	if n == 0 {
		return 0
	}

	safe_xor_bytes(dst, a, b, n)

	return n
}

// n needs to be smaller or equal than the length of a and b.
pub fn safe_xor_bytes(dst, a, b []byte, n int) {
	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
		dst[i] = a[i] ^ b[i]
	}
}

// fast_xor_words XORs multiples of 4 or 8 bytes (depending on architecture.)
// The slice arguments a and b are assumed to be of equal length.
pub fn xor_words(dst, a, b []byte) {
	safe_xor_bytes(dst, a, b, b.len)
}