Barry <ba...@barrys-emacs.org> writes: >> 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?
That is always good information of-course. Debian 11.3 5.10.0-13-amd64 3.9.2 What do you mean with where the python version is from? -- Cecil Westerhof Senior Software Engineer LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
