On 7/12/06, Jyrki Pulliainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 7/12/06, Felix Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > salt = sha.new(str(random.random())).hexdigest()[:5]
>
> Dunno is this really a developer question, but is there really a point
> using sha there? That one could be done without sha too using
> random.getrandbits(bits), eg.:
>
> ('%x' % random.getrandbits(128))[:5]
>
> Not as pretty as the sha-solution, but a bit more efficent and not
> using the 'useless' sha there.I don't see a problem with your solution. I just copied the existing code. I wouldn't worry about efficency (though I suspect you're not really) given the number of times this function is likely to be used. Sha'ing random won't make it any more random; I suppose it's just down to personal preference. F. > > -- > Jyrki // [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
