[Python-Dev] Re: RFC for PEP 663: Improving and Standardizing Enum str(), repr(), and format() behaviors

2021-07-21 Thread Ethan Furman via Python-Dev
On 7/21/21 5:33 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote: > I don't have any substantive comments on what you're proposing (aside > from "Yes, that sounds reasonable to me"), so my comments below are > just some minor suggested clarifications for the PEP text. Thanks, PEP updated. -- ~Ethan~

[Python-Dev] [slightly OT] cryptographically strong random.SystemRandom()

2021-07-09 Thread Ethan Furman via Python-Dev
Greetings! A question [1] has arisen about the viability of `random.SystemRandom` in Pythons before and after the secrets module was introduced (3.5 I think) -- specifically does it give independent and uniform discrete distribution for cryptographic purposes across CPython 3.x version

[Python-Dev] Re: SC 2020 recommendation for PEP 634

2020-12-07 Thread Ethan Furman via Python-Dev
On 12/7/20 11:29 AM, Brett Cannon wrote: After much deliberation, the 2020 SC will be making a recommendation to the 2021 SC to accept PEP 634 (although this was not a unanimous decision). This seems very odd. The Steering Council is elected to make decisions, but it feels like the current SC