[Zope-dev] Random.shuffle

Steve Alexander steve@cat-box.net
Fri, 05 Oct 2001 18:54:19 +0100


Steve Alexander wrote:

> Any particular reason why you can't use Random.shuffle from a 
> PythonScript? Or any other methods of a Random object.
> 
> 
> I'd like to propose that restricted python be allowed access to methods 
> of random.Random.
> 
> I know that I can write a product to add a security declaration to 
> random.Random, but I'd like this to be enabled by default in Zope.


Surprisingly enough, you can set the global random seed from restricted 
python. That doesn't sound right to me.

<dtml-call "_.random.seed(42)">


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Steve Alexander
Software Engineer
Cat-Box limited