How does Python generate random numbers?

I understand that I should be using os.urandom()

or SystemRandom

in Python for "safe" pseudo-random numbers.

But how does Python generate these random numbers logically?

Also is there a way to generate a number in Python that is "more random" than others?

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For "safe" random numbers, Python does not actually generate them: it gets them from the operating system, which has a special driver that collects entropy from various sources in the real world, such as changes in time between keystrokes and disk tends.



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I answered a very similar question, because it is very detailed (it covers both Random

and SystemRandom

).



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