1 files changed, 7 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pure/md5.nim b/lib/pure/md5.nim
index cd4d1e6b8..9c3f6d51b 100644
--- a/lib/pure/md5.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/md5.nim
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
 ## See also
 ## ========
 ## * `base64 module<base64.html>`_ for a Base64 encoder and decoder
-## * `std/sha1 module <sha1.html>`_ for the SHA-1 checksum algorithm
+## * `sha1 module <sha1.html>`_ for the SHA-1 checksum algorithm
 ## * `hashes module<hashes.html>`_ for efficient computations of hash values
 ##   for diverse Nim types
 
+{.deprecated: "use command `nimble install checksums` and import `checksums/md5` instead".}
+
 when defined(nimHasStyleChecks):
   {.push styleChecks: off.}
 
@@ -98,32 +100,19 @@ proc decode(dest: var openArray[uint8], src: openArray[uint32]) =
     dest[i+3] = uint8(src[j] shr 24 and 0xff'u32)
     inc(i, 4)
 
-template slice(s: string, a, b): openArray[uint8] =
-  when nimvm:
-    # toOpenArray is not implemented in VM
-    var s2 = newSeq[uint8](s.len)
-    for i in 0 ..< s2.len:
-      s2[i] = uint8(s[i])
-    s2
-  else:
-    s.toOpenArrayByte(a, b)
-
 template slice(s: cstring, a, b): openArray[uint8] =
   when nimvm:
     # toOpenArray is not implemented in VM
-    slice($s, a, b)
+    toOpenArrayByte($s, a, b)
   else:
     when defined(js):
       # toOpenArrayByte for cstring is not implemented in JS
-      slice($s, a, b)
+      toOpenArrayByte($s, a, b)
     else:
       s.toOpenArrayByte(a, b)
 
 template slice(s: openArray[uint8], a, b): openArray[uint8] =
-  when nimvm:
-    s[a .. b]
-  else:
-    s.toOpenArray(a, b)
+  s.toOpenArray(a, b)
 
 const useMem = declared(copyMem)
 
@@ -343,4 +332,4 @@ proc md5Final*(c: var MD5Context, digest: var MD5Digest) =
 
 
 when defined(nimHasStyleChecks):
-  {.pop.} #{.push styleChecks: off.}
+  {.pop.} #{.push styleChecks: off.}
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