.encrypt(b) is equivalent to: >>> c.encrypt(a+b) That also means that you cannot reuse an object for encrypting or decrypting other data with the same key. This function does not add any padding to the plaintext. :Parameters: plaintext : bytes/bytearray/memoryview The piece of data to encrypt. Its lenght must be multiple of the cipher block size. :Keywords: output : bytearray/memoryview The location where the ciphertext must be written to. If ``None``, the ciphertext is returned. :Return: If ``output`` is ``None``, the ciphertext is returned as ``bytes``. Otherwise, ``None``. r