On 2018-07-13 14:11, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
What it *actually* does is:
is_almost_certainly_prime_except_for_a_ludicrously_microscopic_chance_of_error_thousands_of_times_less_likely_than_a_stray_cosmic_ray_flipping_a_bit_in_memory_and_causing_the_wrong_result_to_be_returned()
That's just a long variant of is_probable_prime()
If your bank is satisfied with "mere probable prime number" to transfer
billions of dollars around the world, then I'm sure that the users of
Python's std library should be too.
That's besides the point. I agree that probable primes are good enough,
just don't call them "prime".
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