[Python-Dev] BDFL ruling request: should we block foreverwaiting for high-quality random bits?

[Larry Hastings]

On 06/09/2016 05:00 PM, Steve Dower wrote:
> If the pattern is really going to be the hasattr check you posted 
> earlier, can we just do it for people and save them writing code that 
> won't work on different OSs?

No.  That's what got us into this mess in the first place.

3.5.0 and 3.5.1 *already* changed to the new behavior, and it resulted 
in the situation where CPython blocked forever at startup in these 
certain edge cases.  os.urandom() has been around for more than a 
decade, we can't unilaterally change its semantics now. os.urandom() in 
3.5 has to go back to how it behaved on Linux in 3.4.  And if I were 
release manager for 3.6, I'd say "it has to stay that way in 3.6 too".

However, Guido's already said "don't add os.getrandom() in 3.5", so the 
debate is somewhat irrelevant.


//arry/
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