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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2008-07-30 13:46:53 (GMT)
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2008-07-30 13:46:53 (GMT)
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getrandombits is actually getrandbits
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/random.rst4
-rw-r--r--Lib/random.py6
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
index 712add4..fc32e4a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ it likely that the generated sequences seen by each thread don't overlap.
Class :class:`Random` can also be subclassed if you want to use a different
basic generator of your own devising: in that case, override the :meth:`random`,
:meth:`seed`, :meth:`getstate`, :meth:`setstate` and :meth:`jumpahead` methods.
-Optionally, a new generator can supply a :meth:`getrandombits` method --- this
+Optionally, a new generator can supply a :meth:`getrandbits` method --- this
allows :meth:`randrange` to produce selections over an arbitrarily large range.
.. versionadded:: 2.4
- the :meth:`getrandombits` method.
+ the :meth:`getrandbits` method.
As an example of subclassing, the :mod:`random` module provides the
:class:`WichmannHill` class that implements an alternative generator in pure
diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index bd8679f..5879340 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
Class Random can also be subclassed if you want to use a different basic
generator of your own devising: in that case, override the following
- methods: random(), seed(), getstate(), setstate() and jumpahead().
- Optionally, implement a getrandombits() method so that randrange()
- can cover arbitrarily large ranges.
+ methods: random(), seed(), getstate(), setstate() and jumpahead().
+ Optionally, implement a getrandbits() method so that randrange() can cover
+ arbitrarily large ranges.
"""