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diff --git a/Modules/main.c b/Modules/main.c
index eb9bb54..9607cb3 100644
--- a/Modules/main.c
+++ b/Modules/main.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static wchar_t **orig_argv;
static int orig_argc;
/* command line options */
-#define BASE_OPTS L"bBc:dEhiJm:OsStuvVW:xX?"
+#define BASE_OPTS L"bBc:dEhiJm:ORsStuvVW:xX?"
#define PROGRAM_OPTS BASE_OPTS
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ static char *usage_2 = "\
-m mod : run library module as a script (terminates option list)\n\
-O : optimize generated bytecode slightly; also PYTHONOPTIMIZE=x\n\
-OO : remove doc-strings in addition to the -O optimizations\n\
+-R : use a pseudo-random salt to make hash() values of various types be\n\
+ unpredictable between separate invocations of the interpreter, as\n\
+ a defence against denial-of-service attacks\n\
-s : don't add user site directory to sys.path; also PYTHONNOUSERSITE\n\
-S : don't imply 'import site' on initialization\n\
";
@@ -99,6 +102,12 @@ PYTHONHOME : alternate <prefix> directory (or <prefix>%c<exec_prefix>).\n\
PYTHONCASEOK : ignore case in 'import' statements (Windows).\n\
PYTHONIOENCODING: Encoding[:errors] used for stdin/stdout/stderr.\n\
";
+static char *usage_6 = "\
+PYTHONHASHSEED: if this variable is set to ``random``, the effect is the same \n\
+ as specifying the :option:`-R` option: a random value is used to seed the\n\
+ hashes of str, bytes and datetime objects. It can also be set to an integer\n\
+ in the range [0,4294967295] to get hash values with a predictable seed.\n\
+";
#ifndef MS_WINDOWS
static FILE*
@@ -136,6 +145,7 @@ usage(int exitcode, wchar_t* program)
fputs(usage_3, f);
fprintf(f, usage_4, DELIM);
fprintf(f, usage_5, DELIM, PYTHONHOMEHELP);
+ fputs(usage_6, f);
}
#if defined(__VMS)
if (exitcode == 0) {
@@ -373,6 +383,10 @@ Py_Main(int argc, wchar_t **argv)
PySys_AddWarnOption(_PyOS_optarg);
break;
+ case 'R':
+ Py_HashRandomizationFlag++;
+ break;
+
/* This space reserved for other options */
default: