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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2016-02-19 07:57:23 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2016-02-19 07:57:23 (GMT)
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Closes #20169: fix inner links random doc.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
index 1bc9989..1316d2d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ On the real line, there are functions to compute uniform, normal (Gaussian),
lognormal, negative exponential, gamma, and beta distributions. For generating
distributions of angles, the von Mises distribution is available.
-Almost all module functions depend on the basic function :func:`random`, which
+Almost all module functions depend on the basic function :func:`.random`, which
generates a random float uniformly in the semi-open range [0.0, 1.0). Python
uses the Mersenne Twister as the core generator. It produces 53-bit precision
floats and has a period of 2\*\*19937-1. The underlying implementation in C is
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ especially useful for multi-threaded programs, creating a different instance of
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:`getrandbits` method --- this
+basic generator of your own devising: in that case, override the :meth:`~Random.random`,
+:meth:`~Random.seed`, :meth:`~Random.getstate`, :meth:`~Random.setstate` and
+:meth:`~Random.jumpahead` methods. Optionally, a new generator can supply a
+:meth:`~Random.getrandbits` method --- this
allows :meth:`randrange` to produce selections over an arbitrarily large range.
.. versionadded:: 2.4
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ Functions for sequences:
Shuffle the sequence *x* in place. The optional argument *random* is a
0-argument function returning a random float in [0.0, 1.0); by default, this is
- the function :func:`random`.
+ the function :func:`.random`.
Note that for even rather small ``len(x)``, the total number of permutations of
*x* is larger than the period of most random number generators; this implies