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author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2013-10-06 18:43:19 +0200 |
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committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2013-10-06 18:43:19 +0200 |
commit | 3a9b53ba174f0f00747867eee699effc8d2e3a10 (patch) | |
tree | 2957d7e5722c28c90ebe49ce1d4e911e56f18300 /Python | |
parent | 7c571972c3b23a6a4c31fb2ebe8fd4becc25c61a (diff) | |
download | cpython-3a9b53ba174f0f00747867eee699effc8d2e3a10.tar.gz |
Closes #15213: update comment for _PyOS_URandom
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-rw-r--r-- | Python/random.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Python/random.c b/Python/random.c index 73e3cc3551..d615923dd2 100644 --- a/Python/random.c +++ b/Python/random.c @@ -224,8 +224,9 @@ lcg_urandom(unsigned int x0, unsigned char *buffer, size_t size) } } -/* Fill buffer with size pseudo-random bytes, not suitable for cryptographic - use, from the operating random number generator (RNG). +/* Fill buffer with size pseudo-random bytes from the operating system random + number generator (RNG). It is suitable for for most cryptographic purposes + except long living private keys for asymmetric encryption. Return 0 on success, raise an exception and return -1 on error. */ int |