[Python-checkins] cpython (merge 3.3 -> default): Merge issue #15936: Add link from os.urandom to random.SystemRandom

andrew.svetlov python-checkins at python.org
Tue Oct 16 12:15:52 CEST 2012


http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/34c2bb737364
changeset:   79736:34c2bb737364
parent:      79734:c20b0b5590db
parent:      79735:0a0b890508d3
user:        Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov at gmail.com>
date:        Tue Oct 16 13:15:35 2012 +0300
summary:
  Merge issue #15936: Add link from os.urandom to random.SystemRandom

files:
  Doc/library/os.rst |  3 +++
  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -3309,3 +3309,6 @@
    though its exact quality depends on the OS implementation.  On a Unix-like
    system this will query /dev/urandom, and on Windows it will use CryptGenRandom.
    If a randomness source is not found, :exc:`NotImplementedError` will be raised.
+
+   For easy to use interface to system randomness please see
+   :class:`random.SystemRandom`.

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