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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2010-09-08 19:27:59 (GMT)
committerRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2010-09-08 19:27:59 (GMT)
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Improve variable name (don't shadow a builtin).
-rw-r--r--Lib/random.py6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index e4073dd..83a070c 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -634,9 +634,9 @@ class SystemRandom(Random):
raise ValueError('number of bits must be greater than zero')
if k != int(k):
raise TypeError('number of bits should be an integer')
- bytes = (k + 7) // 8 # bits / 8 and rounded up
- x = int.from_bytes(_urandom(bytes), 'big')
- return x >> (bytes * 8 - k) # trim excess bits
+ numbytes = (k + 7) // 8 # bits / 8 and rounded up
+ x = int.from_bytes(_urandom(numbytes), 'big')
+ return x >> (numbytes * 8 - k) # trim excess bits
def seed(self, *args, **kwds):
"Stub method. Not used for a system random number generator."