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diff --git a/Doc/lib/librandom.tex b/Doc/lib/librandom.tex index 5483ff2..2b686ec 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/librandom.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/librandom.tex @@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ 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 \method{random()}, \method{seed()}, \method{getstate()}, \method{setstate()} and \method{jumpahead()} methods. +Optionally, a new generator can supply a \method{getrandombits()} +method --- this allows \method{randrange()} to produce selections +over an arbitrarily large range. +\versionadded[the \method{getrandombits()} method]{2.4} As an example of subclassing, the \module{random} module provides the \class{WichmannHill} class which implements an alternative generator @@ -92,6 +96,14 @@ Bookkeeping functions: separated by many steps.]{2.3} \end{funcdesc} +\begin{funcdesc}{getrandbits}{k} + Returns a python \class{long} int with \var{k} random bits. + This method is supplied with the MersenneTwister generator and some + other generators may also provide it as an optional part of the API. + When available, \method{getrandbits()} enables \method{randrange()} + to handle arbitrarily large ranges. + \versionadded{2.4} +\end{funcdesc} Functions for integers: |