https://hg.python.org/peps/rev/c430dcdd4208 changeset: 6121:c430dcdd4208 user: Steven D'Aprano <steve+python@pearwood.info> date: Sun Oct 25 17:29:35 2015 +1100 summary: update pep with ruling by GvR on randbelow, link to bitbucket repo files: pep-0506.txt | 10 ++++++++-- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/pep-0506.txt b/pep-0506.txt --- a/pep-0506.txt +++ b/pep-0506.txt @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ - A function for choosing items from a sequence, ``secrets.choice``. - A function for generating an integer within some range, such as - ``secrets.randrange`` or ``secrets.randint``. + ``secrets.randrange`` or ``secrets.randint`` [#]_. - A function for generating a given number of random bits and/or bytes as an integer. - A similar function which returns the value as a hex digit string. @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ The ``secrets`` module itself will be pure Python, and other Python implementations can easily make use of it unchanged, or adapt it as -necessary. +necessary. An implementation can be found on BitBucket [#]_. Default arguments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -377,12 +377,18 @@ module. Words do not begin to express how much I am looking forward to this. +.. [#] After considerable discussion, Guido ruled that the module will instead + provide a function, ``randbelow``. See + http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-dev/138375/ + .. [#] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2015-September/036271.html .. [#] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2015-September/036350.html .. [#] https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/issues/2347 +.. [#] https://bitbucket.org/sdaprano/secrets + .. [#] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2015-September/036517.html https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2015-September/036515.html -- Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/peps