What's New in Python 3.5: document os.urandom() changes
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
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@@ -3730,3 +3730,9 @@
For an easy-to-use interface to the random number generator
provided by your platform, please see :class:`random.SystemRandom`.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.5
+ On Linux 3.17 and newer, the ``getrandom()`` syscall is now used
+ when available. On OpenBSD 5.6 and newer, the C ``getentropy()``
+ function is now used. These functions avoid the usage of an internal file
+ descriptor.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
index a7f3dad..3a3d405 100644
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* :class:`os.stat_result` now has a :attr:`~os.stat_result.st_file_attributes`
attribute on Windows. (Contributed by Ben Hoyt in :issue:`21719`.)
+* :func:`os.urandom`: On Linux 3.17 and newer, the ``getrandom()`` syscall is
+ now used when available. On OpenBSD 5.6 and newer, the C ``getentropy()``
+ function is now used. These functions avoid the usage of an internal file
+ descriptor.
+
os.path
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