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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/random.rst13
-rw-r--r--Lib/random.py52
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_random.py80
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-02-03-12-07-41.bpo-46624.f_Qqh0.rst1
4 files changed, 95 insertions, 51 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
index 36f232d..da4a4f6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -135,10 +135,15 @@ Functions for integers
values. Formerly it used a style like ``int(random()*n)`` which could produce
slightly uneven distributions.
- .. versionchanged:: 3.11
- Automatic conversion of non-integer types is no longer supported.
- Calls such as ``randrange(10.0)`` and ``randrange(Fraction(10, 1))``
- now raise a :exc:`TypeError`.
+ .. deprecated:: 3.10
+ The automatic conversion of non-integer types to equivalent integers is
+ deprecated. Currently ``randrange(10.0)`` is losslessly converted to
+ ``randrange(10)``. In the future, this will raise a :exc:`TypeError`.
+
+ .. deprecated:: 3.10
+ The exception raised for non-integral values such as ``randrange(10.5)``
+ or ``randrange('10')`` will be changed from :exc:`ValueError` to
+ :exc:`TypeError`.
.. function:: randint(a, b)
diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index e8bc941..6d7b617 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -282,17 +282,27 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
## -------------------- integer methods -------------------
def randrange(self, start, stop=None, step=_ONE):
- """Choose a random item from range(stop) or range(start, stop[, step]).
+ """Choose a random item from range(start, stop[, step]).
- Roughly equivalent to ``choice(range(start, stop, step))``
- but supports arbitrarily large ranges and is optimized
- for common cases.
+ This fixes the problem with randint() which includes the
+ endpoint; in Python this is usually not what you want.
"""
# This code is a bit messy to make it fast for the
# common case while still doing adequate error checking.
- istart = _index(start)
+ try:
+ istart = _index(start)
+ except TypeError:
+ istart = int(start)
+ if istart != start:
+ _warn('randrange() will raise TypeError in the future',
+ DeprecationWarning, 2)
+ raise ValueError("non-integer arg 1 for randrange()")
+ _warn('non-integer arguments to randrange() have been deprecated '
+ 'since Python 3.10 and will be removed in a subsequent '
+ 'version',
+ DeprecationWarning, 2)
if stop is None:
# We don't check for "step != 1" because it hasn't been
# type checked and converted to an integer yet.
@@ -302,15 +312,37 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
return self._randbelow(istart)
raise ValueError("empty range for randrange()")
- # Stop argument supplied.
- istop = _index(stop)
+ # stop argument supplied.
+ try:
+ istop = _index(stop)
+ except TypeError:
+ istop = int(stop)
+ if istop != stop:
+ _warn('randrange() will raise TypeError in the future',
+ DeprecationWarning, 2)
+ raise ValueError("non-integer stop for randrange()")
+ _warn('non-integer arguments to randrange() have been deprecated '
+ 'since Python 3.10 and will be removed in a subsequent '
+ 'version',
+ DeprecationWarning, 2)
width = istop - istart
- istep = _index(step)
+ try:
+ istep = _index(step)
+ except TypeError:
+ istep = int(step)
+ if istep != step:
+ _warn('randrange() will raise TypeError in the future',
+ DeprecationWarning, 2)
+ raise ValueError("non-integer step for randrange()")
+ _warn('non-integer arguments to randrange() have been deprecated '
+ 'since Python 3.10 and will be removed in a subsequent '
+ 'version',
+ DeprecationWarning, 2)
# Fast path.
if istep == 1:
if width > 0:
return istart + self._randbelow(width)
- raise ValueError(f"empty range in randrange({start}, {stop}, {step})")
+ raise ValueError("empty range for randrange() (%d, %d, %d)" % (istart, istop, width))
# Non-unit step argument supplied.
if istep > 0:
@@ -320,7 +352,7 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
else:
raise ValueError("zero step for randrange()")
if n <= 0:
- raise ValueError(f"empty range in randrange({start}, {stop}, {step})")
+ raise ValueError("empty range for randrange()")
return istart + istep * self._randbelow(n)
def randint(self, a, b):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_random.py b/Lib/test/test_random.py
index f980c5b..5b066d2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_random.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_random.py
@@ -481,44 +481,50 @@ class SystemRandom_TestBasicOps(TestBasicOps, unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(rint, 0)
def test_randrange_errors(self):
- raises_value_error = partial(self.assertRaises, ValueError, self.gen.randrange)
- raises_type_error = partial(self.assertRaises, TypeError, self.gen.randrange)
-
+ raises = partial(self.assertRaises, ValueError, self.gen.randrange)
# Empty range
- raises_value_error(3, 3)
- raises_value_error(-721)
- raises_value_error(0, 100, -12)
-
- # Zero step
- raises_value_error(0, 42, 0)
- raises_type_error(0, 42, 0.0)
- raises_type_error(0, 0, 0.0)
-
- # Non-integer stop
- raises_type_error(3.14159)
- raises_type_error(3.0)
- raises_type_error(Fraction(3, 1))
- raises_type_error('3')
- raises_type_error(0, 2.71827)
- raises_type_error(0, 2.0)
- raises_type_error(0, Fraction(2, 1))
- raises_type_error(0, '2')
- raises_type_error(0, 2.71827, 2)
-
- # Non-integer start
- raises_type_error(2.71827, 5)
- raises_type_error(2.0, 5)
- raises_type_error(Fraction(2, 1), 5)
- raises_type_error('2', 5)
- raises_type_error(2.71827, 5, 2)
-
- # Non-integer step
- raises_type_error(0, 42, 3.14159)
- raises_type_error(0, 42, 3.0)
- raises_type_error(0, 42, Fraction(3, 1))
- raises_type_error(0, 42, '3')
- raises_type_error(0, 42, 1.0)
- raises_type_error(0, 0, 1.0)
+ raises(3, 3)
+ raises(-721)
+ raises(0, 100, -12)
+ # Non-integer start/stop
+ self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, raises, 3.14159)
+ self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, self.gen.randrange, 3.0)
+ self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, self.gen.randrange, Fraction(3, 1))
+ self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, raises, '3')
+ self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, raises, 0, 2.71828)
+ self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, self.gen.randrange, 0, 2.0)
+ self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, self.gen.randrange, 0, Fraction(2, 1))
+ self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, raises, 0, '2')
+ # Zero and non-integer step
+ raises(0, 42, 0)
+ self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, raises, 0, 42, 0.0)
+ self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, raises, 0, 0, 0.0)
+ self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, raises, 0, 42, 3.14159)
+ self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, self.gen.randrange, 0, 42, 3.0)
+ self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, self.gen.randrange, 0, 42, Fraction(3, 1))
+ self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, raises, 0, 42, '3')
+ self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, self.gen.randrange, 0, 42, 1.0)
+ self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, raises, 0, 0, 1.0)
+
+ def test_randrange_argument_handling(self):
+ randrange = self.gen.randrange
+ with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+ randrange(10.0, 20, 2)
+ with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+ randrange(10, 20.0, 2)
+ with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+ randrange(10, 20, 1.0)
+ with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+ randrange(10, 20, 2.0)
+ with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+ randrange(10.5)
+ with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+ randrange(10, 20.5)
+ with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+ randrange(10, 20, 1.5)
def test_randrange_step(self):
# bpo-42772: When stop is None, the step argument was being ignored.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-02-03-12-07-41.bpo-46624.f_Qqh0.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-02-03-12-07-41.bpo-46624.f_Qqh0.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0203b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-02-03-12-07-41.bpo-46624.f_Qqh0.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Restore support for non-integer arguments of :func:`random.randrange` and :func:`random.randint`.