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+// Copyright (c) 2019-2021 Alexander Medvednikov. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by an MIT license
+// that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+module rand
+
+// read returns an array of `bytes_needed` random bytes read from the OS.
+pub fn read(bytes_needed int) ?[]byte {
+	return error('crypto.read is not implemented on this platform')
+}