Merge branch 'release/v0.7.10'

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/whisper/util.go b/whisper/util.go
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+package whisper
+
+import "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
+
+func hashTopic(topic []byte) []byte {
+	return crypto.Sha3(topic)[:4]
+}
+
+// NOTE this isn't DRY, but I don't want to iterate twice.
+
+// Returns a formatted topics byte slice.
+// data: unformatted data (e.g., no hashes needed)
+func Topics(data [][]byte) [][]byte {
+	d := make([][]byte, len(data))
+	for i, byts := range data {
+		d[i] = hashTopic(byts)
+	}
+	return d
+}
+
+func TopicsFromString(data []string) [][]byte {
+	d := make([][]byte, len(data))
+	for i, str := range data {
+		d[i] = hashTopic([]byte(str))
+	}
+	return d
+}