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authorBob Halley <halley@dnspython.org>2017-01-02 07:36:59 -0800
committerBob Halley <halley@dnspython.org>2017-01-02 07:36:59 -0800
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Add comment about obsolete nature of EntropyPool.
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diff --git a/dns/entropy.py b/dns/entropy.py
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--- a/dns/entropy.py
+++ b/dns/entropy.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2009, 2011 Nominum, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2017 Nominum, Inc.
#
# Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
# documentation for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted,
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ except ImportError:
class EntropyPool(object):
+ # This is an entropy pool for Python implementations that do not
+ # have a working SystemRandom. I'm not sure there are any, but
+ # leaving this code doesn't hurt anything as the library code
+ # is used if present.
+
def __init__(self, seed=None):
self.pool_index = 0
self.digest = None