No `FuncReg.RegisterVariableSize()` or `DefaultLengths` map

[sumanjeet0012]

Go's registry provides RegisterVariableSize() for hash functions that accept a size hint (like SHAKE, BLAKE3), and exposes a DefaultLengths map mapping code → default output size. Python's FuncReg has neither.

Problem

Go's core/registry.go:

// RegisterVariableSize adds a variable-sized hasher factory that takes a size hint.
func RegisterVariableSize(indicator uint64,
    hasherFactory func(sizeHint int) (hash.Hash, bool)) { ... }

// DefaultLengths maps code → default output size in bytes.
var DefaultLengths = map[uint64]int{}

Python's FuncReg only has:

• register(code, name, hash_name, hash_new) — fixed-size only
• hash_from_func(func, length=None) — special-cases SHAKE internally
• No DefaultLengths equivalent

This means:

1. Custom variable-size hash functions can't be properly registered
2. Users can't query the default output length for a hash code
3. The SHAKE special case in hash_from_func() is a workaround, not a general solution

Proposed Solution

1. Add DefaultLengths dict to FuncReg:

   class FuncReg:
       default_lengths: ClassVar[dict[int, int]] = {}

   Populate it during reset() by calling hash_new().digest_size for each registered function.

2. Add register_variable_size() classmethod:

   @classmethod
   def register_variable_size(cls, code, name, factory):
       """Register a variable-size hash function.
   
       factory(length: int) -> hash_obj
       When length is -1, return default-length hasher.
       When length is >= 0, return hasher producing at least that many bytes.
       """
       # Get default length
       default_hasher = factory(-1)
       cls.default_lengths[code] = default_hasher.digest_size
       # Store factory
       cls._func_hash[code] = cls._hash(name, factory)

3. Update hash_from_func() to use the factory's size hint:

   @classmethod
   def hash_from_func(cls, func, length=None):
       entry = cls._func_hash[func]
       if callable(entry.new) and func in cls.default_lengths:
           # Variable-size: pass length hint
           return entry.new(length or -1)
       # Fixed-size
       return entry.new()

Related

• Go implementation: go-multihash core/registry.go