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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex index 17f9bdd..b9d23c2 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex @@ -1118,6 +1118,20 @@ to internationalize Optik's help and error messages. Help messages for options can now include the string \code{'\%default'}, which will be replaced by the option's default value. +\item A new \function{urandom(\var{n})} function +was added to the \module{os} module, providing access to +platform-specific sources of randomness such as +\filename{/dev/urandom} on Linux or the Windows CryptoAPI. The +function returns a string containing \var{n} bytes of random data. +(Contributed by Trevor Perrin.) + +\item Another new function: \function{os.path.lexists(\var{path})} +returns true if the file specified by \var{path} exists, whether or +not it's a symbolic link. This differs from the existing +\function{os.path.exists(\var{path})} function, which returns false if +\var{path} is a symlink that points to a destination that doesn't exist. +(Contributed by Beni Cherniavsky.) + \item A new \function{getsid()} function was added to the \module{posix} module that underlies the \module{os} module. (Contributed by J. Raynor.) |