[issue26839] Python 3.5 running on Linux kernel 3.17+ can block at startup or on importing /arguinthe random module on getrandom()

[Marc-Andre Lemburg]

Marc-Andre Lemburg added the comment:

On 08.06.2016 22:49, Larry Hastings wrote:
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> Third, because the os module is in general a thin wrapper over what the OS provides, I disapprove of "cryptorandom()" and "pseudorandom()" going into the os module.  There are no functions with these names on any OS of which I'm aware.  This is why I proposed "os.getrandom(n, block=True)".  From its signature, the function it calls on your OS will be obvious, and its semantics on your OS will be documented by your OS.
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> Thus I am completely unwilling to add os.cryptorandom() and os.pseudorandom() in 3.5.2.

That was a sketch for 3.6 to resolve the ambiguity between the
different use cases.

You're right, it's better to move such things to the random
module.

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