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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2012-02-20 20:31:46 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2012-02-20 20:31:46 (GMT)
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Merge from 3.1: Issue #13703: add a way to randomize the hash values of basic types (str, bytes, datetime)
in order to make algorithmic complexity attacks on (e.g.) web apps much more complicated. The environment variable PYTHONHASHSEED and the new command line flag -R control this behavior.
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@@ -253,11 +253,15 @@ always available.
:const:`verbose` :option:`-v`
:const:`bytes_warning` :option:`-b`
:const:`quiet` :option:`-q`
+ :const:`hash_randomization` :option:`-R`
============================= =============================
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
Added ``quiet`` attribute for the new :option:`-q` flag.
+ .. versionadded:: 3.2.3
+ The ``hash_randomization`` attribute.
+
.. data:: float_info