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| author | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com> | 2016-09-06 23:18:52 (GMT) |
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| committer | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com> | 2016-09-06 23:18:52 (GMT) |
| commit | 9b1f474df6f284de982c422c9a490971ccc1b296 (patch) | |
| tree | 0db34b14b2c1b480d31050d035a2684333e8fc44 /Doc/whatsnew | |
| parent | 3580b03352d8f04ebd0e9ce358868a6c53f4243c (diff) | |
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Add os.getrandom()
Issue #27778: Expose the Linux getrandom() syscall as a new os.getrandom()
function.
This change is part of the PEP 524.
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst index 270424e..683ea82 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst @@ -484,6 +484,10 @@ iterator is neither exhausted nor explicitly closed a :exc:`ResourceWarning` will be emitted in its destructor. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`25994`.) +The Linux ``getrandom()`` syscall (get random bytes) is now exposed as the new +:func:`os.getrandom` function. +(Contributed by Victor Stinner, part of the :pep:`524`) + pickle ------ |