> On 26 Jul 2022, at 16:07, Cecil Westerhof via Python-list > <python-list@python.org> wrote: > > I need to get a random integer. At first I tried it with: > from secrets import randbelow > index = randbelow(len(to_try)) > > This works perfectly, but it took some time. So I thought I try: > from random import SystemRandom > index = SystemRandom().randint(0, len(to_try) - 1) > > A first indication is that the second version would take about two > times as much time as the first. Is there a reason for this, or should > this not be happening?
What is the OS that you are running on and its version? If it’s linux what is the kernel version? What version of python and where from? Barry > > -- > Cecil Westerhof > Senior Software Engineer > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
