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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2013-10-06 16:43:19 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2013-10-06 16:43:19 (GMT) |
| commit | c0edadee84ea87c1b0f8eb3bfe26a023d303bb4a (patch) | |
| tree | 564831fd033baa4cb47e866469df316bca4e4c5d /Python/random.c | |
| parent | 4bfc96bf4362c89bbc5573f3eefbf3bed27f4ec5 (diff) | |
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Closes #15213: update comment for _PyOS_URandom
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diff --git a/Python/random.c b/Python/random.c index 73e3cc3..d615923 100644 --- a/Python/random.c +++ b/Python/random.c @@ -224,8 +224,9 @@ lcg_urandom(unsigned int x0, unsigned char *buffer, size_t size) } } -/* Fill buffer with size pseudo-random bytes, not suitable for cryptographic - use, from the operating random number generator (RNG). +/* Fill buffer with size pseudo-random bytes from the operating system random + number generator (RNG). It is suitable for for most cryptographic purposes + except long living private keys for asymmetric encryption. Return 0 on success, raise an exception and return -1 on error. */ int |