[issue18386] Better random number generator

2013-07-11 Thread Raymond Hettinger
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[issue18386] Better random number generator

2013-07-07 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Antoine Pitrou added the comment: > If we were to add another generator, I prefer that we add one with > some completely different characteristics (such as being > cryptographically strong). I don't want to take the default generator > and periodically switch it out with the "flavor of the mont

[issue18386] Better random number generator

2013-07-06 Thread Raymond Hettinger
Raymond Hettinger added the comment: The bar is rather high for changing the current algorithm which is well studied, has a long period, and is reasonably fast. I do not recommend jumping straight into making a patch before we get agreement that we really want another PRNG when the current on

[issue18386] Better random number generator

2013-07-06 Thread Jesús Cea Avión
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[issue18386] Better random number generator

2013-07-06 Thread Christian Heimes
Christian Heimes added the comment: Do you want to provide a patch for Python's random module? PS: Please do not upload files that can easily be downloaded from a 3rd party site. It just fills disk space on our server and doesn't provide a benefit for us. -- nosy: +christian.heimes ve

[issue18386] Better random number generator

2013-07-06 Thread STINNER Victor
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[issue18386] Better random number generator

2013-07-06 Thread Christian Heimes
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[issue18386] Better random number generator

2013-07-06 Thread James Lu
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[issue18386] Better random number generator

2013-07-06 Thread James Lu
New submission from James Lu: http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/SFMT/index.html#dSFMT You might want to use a better algorithm -- components: Library (Lib) files: dSFMT-src-2.2.1.zip messages: 192469 nosy: James.Lu priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Bette