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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2014-05-11 09:26:23 (GMT)
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By popular demand, add back a security warning.
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@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ The :mod:`random` module also provides the :class:`SystemRandom` class which
uses the system function :func:`os.urandom` to generate random numbers
from sources provided by the operating system.
+.. warning::
+
+ The pseudo-random generators of this module should not be used for
+ security purposes.
+
Bookkeeping functions: