On 03/29/2012 11:39 AM, David Malcolm wrote: >> jaraco@vdm-dev:~$ env/bin/python -c "import os; os.urandom()" >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "<string>", line 1, in <module> >> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'urandom' > > It looks like this a symptom of the move of urandom to os.py to > posximodule et al. > > At first glance, it looks like this specific hunk should be reverted: > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/a0f43f4481e0#l7.1 > so that if you're running with the new stdlib but an old python binary > the combination can still have a usable os.urandom
Indeed, I've just tested and verified that this does fix the problem. > Should this be tracked in bugs.python.org? I've added this option as a comment on bug 14444. The title of that bug is worded such that it could be reasonably resolved either with the backwards-compatibility fix or the release notes addition, the release managers can decide what seems appropriate to them. Carl
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