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authorEzio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>2012-09-14 03:35:09 (GMT)
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#15831: merge with 3.2
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@@ -52,20 +52,20 @@ from sources provided by the operating system.
Bookkeeping functions:
-.. function:: seed([x], version=2)
+.. function:: seed(a=None, version=2)
Initialize the random number generator.
- If *x* is omitted or ``None``, the current system time is used. If
+ If *a* is omitted or ``None``, the current system time is used. If
randomness sources are provided by the operating system, they are used
instead of the system time (see the :func:`os.urandom` function for details
on availability).
- If *x* is an int, it is used directly.
+ If *a* is an int, it is used directly.
With version 2 (the default), a :class:`str`, :class:`bytes`, or :class:`bytearray`
object gets converted to an :class:`int` and all of its bits are used. With version 1,
- the :func:`hash` of *x* is used instead.
+ the :func:`hash` of *a* is used instead.
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
Moved to the version 2 scheme which uses all of the bits in a string seed.
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ Bookkeeping functions:
Functions for integers:
-.. function:: randrange([start,] stop[, step])
+.. function:: randrange(stop)
+ randrange(start, stop[, step])
Return a randomly selected element from ``range(start, stop, step)``. This is
equivalent to ``choice(range(start, stop, step))``, but doesn't actually build a