[Python-ideas] Python's Source of Randomness and the random.py module Redux

Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Fri Sep 11 16:44:47 CEST 2015


On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 01:44:30PM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> I suppose it would be too magic to have the seed method substitute the
> traditional PRNG for the default, while an implicitly seeded RNG
> defaults to a crypto strong algorithm?

Yes, too much magic.


-- 
Steve


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