Message317127
I'm -1 on this feature.
It's both confusing and unnecessary to have this feature in the standard library. In general we prefer portable functions or expose platform-specific functions for unique features. The getentropy function is neither portable nor more useful than the high-level wrapper os.urandom().
If you truly require to access the raw function, then you can easily access the libc function with a simple C-types wrapper:
>>> from ctypes import cdll, create_string_buffer
>>> libc = cdll.LoadLibrary("libc.so.6")
>>> buf = create_string_buffer(8)
>>> buf.raw
b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
>>> libc.getentropy(buf, len(buf))
0
>>> buf.raw
b'\xd9\x83`\x8a\x89\xc7\x9eX' |
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2018-05-19 16:26:42 | christian.heimes | set | recipients:
+ christian.heimes, rhettinger, vstinner, benjamin.peterson, serhiy.storchaka, eitan.adler, David Carlier |
2018-05-19 16:26:42 | christian.heimes | set | messageid: <1526747202.28.0.682650639539.issue33528@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
2018-05-19 16:26:42 | christian.heimes | link | issue33528 messages |
2018-05-19 16:26:42 | christian.heimes | create | |
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