How to avoid PyLint's Module 'hashlib' has no 'md5' member error when using hashlib's md5() function in your code, and the consequences of doing so.

I do not use md5 much at all these days, as it is known to be fairly unsafe; having said that, md5 does still have its uses when it comes to comparing file likeness in non-critical applications. It just so happens that PyLint does not seem to like invoking hashlib with specific constructors and will therefore mark down code ratings as a result. See the example below:

>>> import hashlib
>>> HASH = hashlib.md5()
>>> HASH.update('Test my hash')
>>> HASH.hexdigest()
'f94b71b31c1d09d352db8b59d4f98892'

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