[Python-ideas] Pre-PEP Adding A Secrets Module To The Standard Library

Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Sun Sep 20 01:13:09 CEST 2015


On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 09:02:26AM +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 19.09.15 21:16, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> >>
> >> Following on to the discussions about changing the default random number
> >> generator, I would like to propose an alternative: adding a secrets
> >> module to the standard library.
> >
> >
> > Python already has three secret modules: this and antigravity.
> 
> *scratches head* Is this Pythonesque counting, or is there some way to
> "import and" that has escaped me?

We could tell you what the third secret module is, but then we'd have to 
kill you.


-- 
Steve


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