Donald Stufft added the comment: I agree with Alex here.
The documentation of ``os.urandom`` states: Return a string of n random bytes suitable for cryptographic use. However the old behavior prior to using the ``getrandom()`` call and the behavior with this patch makes that documentation a lie. It's now a string of n random bytes that may or may not be suitable for cryptographic use, but we have no idea which one it is. No where in the documentation of ``os.urandom`` does it ever promise it will not block. In fact, on systems like FreeBSD where their /dev/urandom is better than Linuxes it always blocked on start up because that's just the way their /dev/urandom works. ---------- nosy: +dstufft _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue26839> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
