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diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index 14ac5e5..4642928 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ from types import MethodType as _MethodType, BuiltinMethodType as _BuiltinMethod
from math import log as _log, exp as _exp, pi as _pi, e as _e, ceil as _ceil
from math import sqrt as _sqrt, acos as _acos, cos as _cos, sin as _sin
from os import urandom as _urandom
-from collections.abc import Set as _Set, Sequence as _Sequence
+from _collections_abc import Set as _Set, Sequence as _Sequence
from hashlib import sha512 as _sha512
__all__ = ["Random","seed","random","uniform","randint","choice","sample",
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
if a is None:
try:
- a = int.from_bytes(_urandom(32), 'big')
+ # Seed with enough bytes to span the 19937 bit
+ # state space for the Mersenne Twister
+ a = int.from_bytes(_urandom(2500), 'big')
except NotImplementedError:
import time
a = int(time.time() * 256) # use fractional seconds
@@ -151,6 +153,9 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
## -------------------- pickle support -------------------
+ # Issue 17489: Since __reduce__ was defined to fix #759889 this is no
+ # longer called; we leave it here because it has been here since random was
+ # rewritten back in 2001 and why risk breaking something.
def __getstate__(self): # for pickle
return self.getstate()
@@ -216,10 +221,11 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
Method=_MethodType, BuiltinMethod=_BuiltinMethodType):
"Return a random int in the range [0,n). Raises ValueError if n==0."
+ random = self.random
getrandbits = self.getrandbits
# Only call self.getrandbits if the original random() builtin method
# has not been overridden or if a new getrandbits() was supplied.
- if type(self.random) is BuiltinMethod or type(getrandbits) is Method:
+ if type(random) is BuiltinMethod or type(getrandbits) is Method:
k = n.bit_length() # don't use (n-1) here because n can be 1
r = getrandbits(k) # 0 <= r < 2**k
while r >= n:
@@ -227,7 +233,6 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
return r
# There's an overriden random() method but no new getrandbits() method,
# so we can only use random() from here.
- random = self.random
if n >= maxsize:
_warn("Underlying random() generator does not supply \n"
"enough bits to choose from a population range this large.\n"
@@ -251,10 +256,11 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
return seq[i]
def shuffle(self, x, random=None):
- """x, random=random.random -> shuffle list x in place; return None.
+ """Shuffle list x in place, and return None.
- Optional arg random is a 0-argument function returning a random
- float in [0.0, 1.0); by default, the standard random.random.
+ Optional argument random is a 0-argument function returning a
+ random float in [0.0, 1.0); if it is the default None, the
+ standard random.random will be used.
"""
@@ -349,7 +355,10 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
"""
u = self.random()
- c = 0.5 if mode is None else (mode - low) / (high - low)
+ try:
+ c = 0.5 if mode is None else (mode - low) / (high - low)
+ except ZeroDivisionError:
+ return low
if u > c:
u = 1.0 - u
c = 1.0 - c