#
#	toyecc - A small Elliptic Curve Cryptography Demonstration.
#	Copyright (C) 2011-2022 Johannes Bauer
#
#	This file is part of toyecc.
#
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#	Johannes Bauer <JohannesBauer@gmx.de>
#

def secure_rand(length):
	import os
	"""Returns a secure random bytes() object of the length 'length' bytes."""
	data = os.urandom(length)
	assert(len(data) == length)
	return data


def secure_rand_int(max_value):
	"""Yields a value 0 <= return < maxvalue."""
	assert(max_value >= 2)
	bytecnt = ((max_value - 1).bit_length() + 7) // 8
	max_bin_value = 256 ** bytecnt
	wholecnt = max_bin_value // max_value
	cutoff = wholecnt * max_value
	while True:
		rnd = sum((value << (8 * bytepos)) for (bytepos, value) in enumerate(secure_rand(bytecnt)))
		if rnd < cutoff:
			break
	return rnd % max_value

def secure_rand_int_between(min_value, max_value):
	"""Yields a random number which goes from min_value (inclusive) to
	max_value (inclusive)."""
	return secure_rand_int(max_value - min_value + 1) + min_value