Allow empty HMAC key (#176) #209
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Pull request overview
This PR removes the validation that prevented empty HMAC keys in the Dart implementation to support use cases like HKDF, where empty keys (or salts) are valid according to RFC 5869.
Key Changes
- Removed the
ArgumentErrorvalidation that enforced non-empty secret keys in_DartHmacSink.initializeSync() - Allows HMAC to be used with empty keys for algorithms like HKDF that may require this functionality
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Empty HMAC key can be useful in some situations like HKDF. See #176 .