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Changes for version 0.44 - 2017-04-13

  • ADDED
    • irand() Returns uniform random 32-bit integer
    • irand64() Returns uniform random 64-bit integer
    • drand([fmax]) Returns uniform random NV (floating point)
    • urandomm(n) Returns uniform random integer in [0, hi-1]
    • random_bytes(nbytes) Return a string of CSPRNG bytes
  • FIXES
    • miller_rabin_random wasn't initializing a variable. Fixed and test added. Thanks to Alexandr Ciornii for timely reporting.
    • Fixed is_primitive_root behavior with negative values.
  • PERFORMANCE
    • sieve_prime_cluster up to 2x faster.
  • OTHER
    • prime_count(), random_prime(), urandomr() can be used with one arg.

Modules

Utilities related to prime numbers and factoring, using GMP