Brian Gladman <[email protected]> writes: >> On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 03:26:46AM +1100, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > I hence support your conclusion that the module should offer randbelow > alone. I would oppose offering randomrange (or offering more than one > of them) since this will pretty well guarantee that, sooner or later, > someone will make a mistake in using the extra functionality and > possibly deploy an insecure application as a result. > > Brian Gladman
Plus if someone really does want randrange, they can simply do this: def randfrom(seq): return seq[randbelow(len(seq))] def randrange(start, stop, step=None): randfrom(range(start, stop, step)) These are simple recipes that probably don't belong in the module. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com