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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2016-09-04 18:17:28 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2016-09-04 18:17:28 (GMT) |
| commit | 16eb827b33cc271eebd521246ebefd4d49470df8 (patch) | |
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Improve docs for random.seed()
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diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst index df502a0..677090a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/random.rst +++ b/Doc/library/random.rst @@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ Bookkeeping functions: 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 *a* is used instead. + object gets converted to an :class:`int` and all of its bits are used. + + With version 1 (provided for reproducing random sequences from older versions + of Python), the algorithm for :class:`str` and :class:`bytes` generates a + narrower range of seeds. .. versionchanged:: 3.2 Moved to the version 2 scheme which uses all of the bits in a string seed. |