Issue #23025: Add a mention of os.urandom to RAND_bytes and RAND_pseudo_bytes docs.
Patch by Alex Gaynor.
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can be used to check the status of the PRNG and :func:`RAND_add` can be used
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to seed the PRNG.
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For almost all applications :func:`os.urandom` is preferable.
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Read the Wikipedia article, `Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number
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generator (CSPRNG)
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographically_secure_pseudorandom_number_generator>`_,
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@ -311,6 +313,8 @@ Random generation
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for non-cryptographic purposes and for certain purposes in cryptographic
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protocols, but usually not for key generation etc.
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For almost all applications :func:`os.urandom` is preferable.
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.. versionadded:: 3.3
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.. function:: RAND_status()
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