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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2012-02-21 21:08:05 (GMT)
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2012-02-21 21:08:05 (GMT)
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enable hash randomization by default
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Command line
When invoking Python, you may specify any of these options::
- python [-bBdEhiORqsSuvVWx?] [-c command | -m module-name | script | - ] [args]
+ python [-bBdEhiOqsSuvVWx?] [-c command | -m module-name | script | - ] [args]
The most common use case is, of course, a simple invocation of a script::
@@ -486,9 +486,8 @@ These environment variables influence Python's behavior.
.. envvar:: PYTHONHASHSEED
- If this variable is set to ``random``, the effect is the same as specifying
- the :option:`-R` option: a random value is used to seed the hashes of str,
- bytes and datetime objects.
+ If this variable is set to ``random``, a random value is used to seed the
+ hashes of str, bytes and datetime objects.
If :envvar:`PYTHONHASHSEED` is set to an integer value, it is used as a fixed
seed for generating the hash() of the types covered by the hash
@@ -499,8 +498,7 @@ These environment variables influence Python's behavior.
values.
The integer must be a decimal number in the range [0,4294967295]. Specifying
- the value 0 will lead to the same hash values as when hash randomization is
- disabled.
+ the value 0 will disable hash randomization.
.. versionadded:: 3.2.3