"""Deterministic seed derivation.""" from __future__ import annotations import hashlib def item_seed(item_id: str, master_seed: int = 0, purpose: str = "") -> int: """Derive a 32-bit seed from (item_id, master_seed, purpose). Stable across runs and across machines — we rely on SHA-256, not Python's string hash randomization. """ blob = f"{master_seed}|{item_id}|{purpose}".encode("utf-8") digest = hashlib.sha256(blob).digest() return int.from_bytes(digest[:4], "big", signed=False)