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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2017-01-07 00:13:37 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2017-01-07 00:13:37 (GMT) |
| commit | 9b7ae96b98238627751e2f508ba5d600363555ef (patch) | |
| tree | 47df1395ee5030abc3968634bd88240691e13500 /Lib/random.py | |
| parent | 9220111fc5e2ed6503fc3260e09faeec5101c7d8 (diff) | |
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Issue #29023: Clarify that ints and longs are always deterministic seeds for random.
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diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py index 3f96a37..11fd35b 100644 --- a/Lib/random.py +++ b/Lib/random.py @@ -98,12 +98,14 @@ class Random(_random.Random): self.gauss_next = None def seed(self, a=None): - """Initialize internal state from hashable object. + """Initialize internal state of the random number generator. None or no argument seeds from current time or from an operating system specific randomness source if available. - If a is not None or an int or long, hash(a) is used instead. + If a is not None or is an int or long, hash(a) is used instead. + Hash values for some types are nondeterministic when the + PYTHONHASHSEED environment variable is enabled. """ if a is None: |