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

[John Wong]

On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 20.09.15 02:02, 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?
>>
>
> The name of the third module is secret.
>
>
is "secret" or is a secret? Why not "secure"?
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