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| author | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2010-02-22 02:29:10 (GMT) |
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| committer | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2010-02-22 02:29:10 (GMT) |
| commit | 25d6ddd38b812314be1b8ddb81bc81725de6e212 (patch) | |
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#7076: mention SystemRandom class near start of the module docs; reword change description for clarity. Noted by Shawn Ligocki.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst index b6b0b6c..486e475 100644 --- a/Doc/library/random.rst +++ b/Doc/library/random.rst @@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ known to fail some stringent randomness tests. See the references below for a recent variant that repairs these flaws. .. versionchanged:: 2.3 - Substituted MersenneTwister for Wichmann-Hill. + MersenneTwister replaced Wichmann-Hill as the default generator. + +The :mod:`random` module also provides the :class:`SystemRandom` class which +uses the system function :func:`os.urandom` to generate random numbers +from sources provided by the operating system. Bookkeeping functions: |