On 2015-10-16, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > If you have written crypto code that needs random numbers as described > below, I am looking for your feedback. > > Python-Dev is arguing about which of the following three functions should be > included: > > randbelow(end): > return a random integer in the half-open interval 0...end > (including 0, excluding end) > > randint(start, end): > return a random integer in the closed interval start...end > (including both start and end) > > randrange([start=0,] end [, step=1]): > return a random integer in the half-open range(start, stop, step) > > > It has been claimed that most applications of crypto random numbers will > only need to generate them in the half-open range 0...end (excluding end). > If you have experience with using crypto random numbers, do you agree? > Which of the three functions would you use?
Given that the latter incorporates all of the functionality of the former two without being noticeably more complicated, I don't see why it isn't the obvious one to go for. Also, isn't uuid4() an obvious shoo-in for this module too? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
