[Python-checkins] cpython (merge 3.5 -> default): Merge 3.5 (doc)

[victor.stinner]

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/3cf560285315
changeset:   97111:3cf560285315
parent:      97109:df8660b2d8fb
parent:      97110:dab79e4dfa51
user:        Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com>
date:        Wed Jul 29 02:29:54 2015 +0200
summary:
  Merge 3.5 (doc)

files:
  Doc/library/os.rst   |  6 ++++++
  Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst |  5 +++++
  2 files changed, 11 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
@@ -3735,3 +3735,9 @@
 
    For an easy-to-use interface to the random number generator
    provided by your platform, please see :class:`random.SystemRandom`.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.5
+      On Linux 3.17 and newer, the ``getrandom()`` syscall is now used
+      when available.  On OpenBSD 5.6 and newer, the C ``getentropy()``
+      function is now used. These functions avoid the usage of an internal file
+      descriptor.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
@@ -648,6 +648,11 @@
 * :class:`os.stat_result` now has a :attr:`~os.stat_result.st_file_attributes`
   attribute on Windows.  (Contributed by Ben Hoyt in :issue:`21719`.)
 
+* :func:`os.urandom`: On Linux 3.17 and newer, the ``getrandom()`` syscall is
+  now used when available. On OpenBSD 5.6 and newer, the C ``getentropy()``
+  function is now used. These functions avoid the usage of an internal file
+  descriptor.
+
 os.path
 -------
 

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Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython