Add a note about OsRng blocking in early init.#134
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| /// This does not block. | ||
| /// This usually does not block. On some systems (e.g. FreeBSD, OpenBSD, | ||
| /// Max OS X, and modern Linux) this may block very early in the init | ||
| /// process, if the CSPRNG has not seeded yet. |
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Should be "has not been seeded" or "is not seeded".
In my opinion, a source/reference would be great to back this up and provide further reading.
Overall, this is good info to have in the documentation.
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For instance, a link to the PEP metioned in #132 could be useful.
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I think I've addressed all the comments. |
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Thanks! |
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Add a note about `OsRng` blocking in early init.
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Fixes #132.