[issue27072] random.getrandbits is limited to 2**31-1 bits on 64-bit Windows

[Serhiy Storchaka]

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment:

The only case I know that would benefit is generating random data for tests. On my computer generating 2*28 bits with getrandbits() takes 2 sec (including 1 sec for converting from bytes to int), plus 1.4 sec for converting from int to bytes. Special API would speed up generating random bytes by 3.4 times. I would request for this functionality, but I don't want to clutter the API.

As for getrandbits.diff, I think that we should follow the principle "we're all consenting adults here".

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