[Python-ideas] Globally configurable random number generation

Random832 random832 at fastmail.com
Mon Sep 14 16:45:05 CEST 2015


On Mon, Sep 14, 2015, at 10:24, Stefan Krah wrote:
> 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.

I don't see how that's relevant, when what I'm talking about is
"providing an API that switches them from secure mode to
insecure/deterministic mode"


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