21 Jul
2008
21 Jul
'08
10:37 p.m.
On 21Jul2008 21:17, Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com> wrote: | Well, the real problem is os.urandom(4.2) which goes to an unlimited loop: | while len(bytes) < n: | bytes += read(_urandomfd, n - len(bytes)) | because read(0.2) works as read(0) :-/ Leaving aside the 0.2 => 0 converstion, shouldn't read() raise an exception if asked for < 1 bytes? Or is there a legitimate use for read(0) with which I was not previously aware? -- Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/