From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 19:09:22 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: SF bug #1022010:  Import random fails
X-Git-Tag: v2.4b1~348
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bdbdfd731dc2bf4b5490254c0df4b7c7e90ef751;p=python

SF bug #1022010:  Import random fails

* trap NotImplementedError raised by os.urandom calls when not available
  on a particular system.
---

diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index 0047c9137a..e6f6e4b5d9 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ RECIP_BPF = 2**-BPF
 try:
     from os import urandom as _urandom
     from binascii import hexlify as _hexlify
-except ImportError:
+    _urandom(1)                         # verify that urandom is implemented
+except (ImportError, NotImplementedError):
     _urandom = None