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The core RNG is going to be part of the randomized hashing function<br>
patch. The patch will be applied to all Python version from 2.6 to 3.3.<br>
Some people may want to applied it to 2.4 and 2.5, too. As the patch is<br>
going to affect six to eight Python versions, it should introduce as few<br>
new code as possible. Any new code might be a source of new bugs. The<br>
Mersenne Twister code is mature and works sufficiently as backup.<br>
<br>
Any new RNG should go through a PEP process, too. You are welcome to<br>
write a PEP and implement an additional RNG for the random module. New<br>
developers and new ideas are well received.<br></blockquote></div><br>Good point.<br>In fact, these RNG are 100% based on the hash functions provided for instance by OpenSSL. But I think this library is not a dependency so my proposal still has the same impact.<br>
The Random123 library is a reimplementation of some cryptographic functions with two arguments, the key and the counter, and that's it. So if there is somewhere in the Python C code such cryptographic function, it can be reused to create Crush-resistant random numbers with no new code line.<br clear="all">
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