anycrc 1.3.6

The fastest general Python CRC Library

This is a Cython module with bindings to the crcany library. It supports calculating CRC hashes of arbitary sizes as well as updating a CRC hash over time.

Installation

pip install anycrc

Usage

Use an existing model:

>>> import anycrc
>>> crc32 = anycrc.Model('CRC32-MPEG-2')
>>> crc32.calc(b'Hello World!')
2498069329

Create a CRC with specific parameters:

>>> crc32 = anycrc.CRC(width=32, poly=0x04c11db7, init=0xffffffff, refin=False, refout=False, xorout=0x00000000)
>>> crc32.calc('Hello World!')
2498069329

Read the data in chunks:

>>> value = crc32.calc(b'Hello ')
>>> crc32.calc(b'World!', value)
2498069329

The length of the data can be specified in bits by calling calc_bits and passing a bitarray object:

>>> from bitarray import bitarray
>>> bits = bitarray()
>>> bits.frombytes(b'Hello World!')
>>> value = crc32.calc_bits(bits[:50])
>>> crc32.calc_bits(bits[50:], value)
2498069329

To use bit lengths with reflected CRCs, create a little endian bitarray object: bitarray(endian='little')

To combine two CRCs, provide the CRC values along with the length of the second CRC's message in bytes:

>>> value = crc32.calc(b'Hello ')
>>> value2 = crc32.calc(b'World!')
>>> crc32.combine(value, value2, len(b'World!'))
2498069329

There is also a combine_bits method where the length argument is expected to be in bits.

For a list of pre-built models, check models.py. To get a list of the models at any time, use the following command:

python -m anycrc models

The maximum supported CRC width is 64 bits.

Benchmark

Module	Speed (MB/s)	Relative
anycrc	2834.54	x1.00
fastcrc	656.97	x4.31
crcmod-plus	654.04	x4.33
crc-ct	646.11	x4.39
libscrc	215.91	x13.13
crcengine	9.47	x299.29
pycrc	7.55	x375.39
crccheck	1.48	x1921.18
crc	0.42	x6670.14

Tested on a 12th generation Intel i7 processor.