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'''Functions for generating random numbers.'''

# Source inspired by code by Yesudeep Mangalapilly <yesudeep@gmail.com>

import os

from rsa import common, transform

def read_random_bits(nbits):
    '''Reads 'nbits' random bits.

    If nbits isn't a whole number of bytes, an extra byte will be appended with
    only the lower bits set.
    '''

    nbytes, rbits = divmod(nbits, 8)

    # Get the random bytes
    randomdata = os.urandom(nbytes)

    # Add the remaining random bits
    if rbits > 0:
        randomvalue = ord(os.urandom(1))
        randomvalue >>= (8 - rbits)
        randomdata = chr(randomvalue) + randomdata

    return randomdata


def read_random_int(nbits):
    """Reads a random integer of approximately nbits bits.
    """

    randomdata = read_random_bits(nbits)
    value = transform.bytes2int(randomdata)

    # Ensure that the number is large enough to just fill out the required
    # number of bits.
    value |= 1 << (nbits - 1)

    return value

def randint(maxvalue):
    """Returns a random integer x with 1 <= x <= maxvalue
    
    May take a very long time in specific situations. If maxvalue needs N bits
    to store, the closer maxvalue is to (2 ** N) - 1, the faster this function
    is.
    """

    bit_size = common.bit_size(maxvalue)

    tries = 0
    while True:
        value = read_random_int(bit_size)
        if value <= maxvalue:
            break

        if tries and tries % 10 == 0:
            # After a lot of tries to get the right number of bits but still
            # smaller than maxvalue, decrease the number of bits by 1. That'll
            # dramatically increase the chances to get a large enough number.
            bit_size -= 1
        tries += 1

    return value


