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pyRCV2/pyRCV2/random/sharandom_py.py

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# pyRCV2: Preferential vote counting
# Copyright © 2020–2021 Lee Yingtong Li (RunasSudo)
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
import hashlib
class SHARandom:
MAX_VAL = 2 ** 256
def __init__(self, seed):
self.seed = seed
self.ctr = 0
def next(self, modulus):
c = hashlib.sha256()
c.update((self.seed + ',' + str(self.ctr)).encode('utf-8'))
self.ctr += 1
val = int.from_bytes(c.digest(), byteorder='big', signed=False)
if val >= (SHARandom.MAX_VAL // modulus) * modulus:
# Discard this value to avoid bias
return self.next(modulus)
return val % modulus