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Author pitrou
Recipients David.Edelsohn, Michael.Felt, pitrou, serhiy.storchaka, vstinner
Date 2018-01-09.15:21:52
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> What is the desired behavior, specifically, of 
uuid.getnode() - constant, or 'random'?

I'm also certain getnode() is supposed to return a hardware-determined number (usually the MAC address of an Ethernet interface).  A random output wouldn't need so much platform-specific harness.
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