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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/random.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/random.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
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: |