On 7/9/21 2:25 PM, Tim Peters wrote:
> `secrets` is just a wrapper around `random.SystemRandom`, so the
> presence or absence of `secrets` doesn't matter.
>
> As to SystemRandom, all answers depend on the quality of the platform
> os.urandom(), which Python has no control over. See my answer
[Ethan Furman]
> A question [1] has arisen about the viability of `random.SystemRandom` in
> Pythons before and after the secrets module was introduced
> (3.5 I think) -- specifically
>
> does it give independent and uniform discrete distribution for
> cryptographic purposes across
Greetings!
A question [1] has arisen about the viability of `random.SystemRandom` in Pythons before and after the secrets module
was introduced (3.5 I think) -- specifically
does it give independent and uniform discrete distribution for
cryptographic purposes across CPython 3.x
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Still working on it :) Specifically the grammar changes in cpython, though
I haven't found much time to work on it recently. Tune into the tensor
typing meeting on Monday for a more detailed update.
On Thu, 8 Jul 2021 at 19:49, Filipe Laíns wrote:
> On Sat, 2021-03-20 at 14:08 +, Matthew
