rename

Author: tomvanmele

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 
 * Added `Polyline.extend`, `Polyline.extended`, `Polyline.shorten`,  `Polyline.shortened`.
-* Added `Data.hash` for computing a hash value of data objects, for example for comparisons during version control.
+* Added `Data.sha256` for computing a hash value of data objects, for example for comparisons during version control.
 
 ### Changed
 

src/compas/data/data.py

@@ -361,8 +361,8 @@ def validate_json(self):
             raise e
         return jsonstring
 
-    def hash(self, as_string=False):
-        """Compute a hash of the data for comparison during version control.
+    def sha256(self, as_string=False):
+        """Compute a hash of the data for comparison during version control using the sha256 algorithm.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
@@ -375,11 +375,12 @@ def hash(self, as_string=False):
 
         Examples
         --------
+        >>> from compas.datastructures import Mesh
         >>> mesh = Mesh.from_obj(compas.get('faces.obj'))
-        >>> v1 = mesh.hash()
-        >>> v2 = mesh.hash()
+        >>> v1 = mesh.sha256()
+        >>> v2 = mesh.sha256()
         >>> mesh.vertex_attribute(mesh.vertex_sample(1)[0], 'z', 1)
-        >>> v3 = mesh.hash()
+        >>> v3 = mesh.sha256()
         >>> v1 == v2
         True
         >>> v2 == v3