Seed Sequences¶

class randomgen._seed_sequence.SeedSequence(entropy=None, *, spawn_key=(), pool_size=4, n_children_spawned=0)¶

SeedSequence mixes sources of entropy in a reproducible way to set the initial state for independent and very probably non-overlapping BitGenerators.

Once the SeedSequence is instantiated, you can call the generate_state method to get an appropriately sized seed. Calling spawn(n) <spawn> will create n SeedSequences that can be used to seed independent BitGenerators, i.e. for different threads.

Parameters:¶

entropy=None¶

The entropy for creating a SeedSequence.

spawn_key=()¶

A third source of entropy, used internally when calling SeedSequence.spawn

pool_size=4¶

Size of the pooled entropy to store. Default is 4 to give a 128-bit entropy pool. 8 (for 256 bits) is another reasonable choice if working with larger PRNGs, but there is very little to be gained by selecting another value.

n_children_spawned=0¶

The number of children already spawned. Only pass this if reconstructing a SeedSequence from a serialized form.

Notes

Best practice for achieving reproducible bit streams is to use the default None for the initial entropy, and then use SeedSequence.entropy to log/pickle the entropy for reproducibility:

>>> sq1 = np.random.SeedSequence()
>>> sq1.entropy
243799254704924441050048792905230269161  # random
>>> sq2 = np.random.SeedSequence(sq1.entropy)
>>> np.all(sq1.generate_state(10) == sq2.generate_state(10))
True

Using a SeedSequence¶

State¶