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Author pitrou
Recipients christian.heimes, jcea, pitrou, rhettinger, vstinner
Date 2013-07-07.11:15:08
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> 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 month" (people 
> are always coming up with more PRNGs that make various trade-offs
> between speed, size of stored state, period, etc).

Agreed with Raymond.
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2013-07-07 11:15:08pitrousetrecipients: + pitrou, rhettinger, jcea, vstinner, christian.heimes
2013-07-07 11:15:08pitrousetmessageid: <1373195708.89.0.724842884418.issue18386@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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