#10112: random_prime does not handle erroneous input gracefully - it hangs
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Reporter: drkirkby | Owner: was
Type: defect | Status: needs_work
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-4.6.1
Component: number theory | Keywords:
Author: Mike Hansen, Francis Clarke | Upstream: N/A
Reviewer: David Kirkby | Merged:
Work_issues: |
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Changes (by fwclarke):
* status: needs_info => needs_work
Comment:
The issue raised in #10277 (which surely arises from using `random_prime`
as patched here) shows the weakness of using `prime_pi`. There is a much
better way of checking that there are some primes in the range in
question. A replacement alternative patch will be posted very soon.
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