[Python-ideas] Globally configurable random number generation

[Stefan Krah]

Random832 <random832 at ...> writes:
> It's no worse than what OpenBSD itself has done with the C api for
> rand/random/rand48. 

These functions aren't used widely in scientific computing.


> It's not an "official API", it's an escape hatch for allowing a minimal
> change to existing code that needs the old behavior.

It's yet another case split to keep in the back of one's mind.


Stefan Krah