[issue18386] Better random number generator
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[issue18386] Better random number generator
Antoine Pitrou added the comment: If we were to add another generator, I prefer that we add one with some completely different characteristics (such as being cryptographically strong). I don't want to take the default generator and periodically switch it out with the flavor of the month (people are always coming up with more PRNGs that make various trade-offs between speed, size of stored state, period, etc). Agreed with Raymond. -- nosy: +pitrou ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue18386 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue18386] Better random number generator
New submission from James Lu: http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/SFMT/index.html#dSFMT You might want to use a better algorithm -- components: Library (Lib) files: dSFMT-src-2.2.1.zip messages: 192469 nosy: James.Lu priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Better random number generator versions: Python 3.3 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file30830/dSFMT-src-2.2.1.zip ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue18386 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue18386] Better random number generator
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[issue18386] Better random number generator
Changes by Christian Heimes li...@cheimes.de: Removed file: http://bugs.python.org/file30830/dSFMT-src-2.2.1.zip ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue18386 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue18386] Better random number generator
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[issue18386] Better random number generator
Christian Heimes added the comment: Do you want to provide a patch for Python's random module? PS: Please do not upload files that can easily be downloaded from a 3rd party site. It just fills disk space on our server and doesn't provide a benefit for us. -- nosy: +christian.heimes versions: +Python 3.4 -Python 3.3 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue18386 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue18386] Better random number generator
Changes by Jesús Cea Avión j...@jcea.es: -- nosy: +jcea ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue18386 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue18386] Better random number generator
Raymond Hettinger added the comment: The bar is rather high for changing the current algorithm which is well studied, has a long period, and is reasonably fast. I do not recommend jumping straight into making a patch before we get agreement that we really want another PRNG when the current one is stable, well-studied, performant, and has been working well for its intended purpose. Note, we guarantee that the current method will always be available, so this would be just another option. If we were to add another generator, I prefer that we add one with some completely different characteristics (such as being cryptographically strong). I don't want to take the default generator and periodically switch it out with the flavor of the month (people are always coming up with more PRNGs that make various trade-offs between speed, size of stored state, period, etc). -- assignee: - rhettinger nosy: +rhettinger priority: normal - low ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue18386 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
