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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/random.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py index 06513c8..4efbb0a 100644 --- a/Lib/random.py +++ b/Lib/random.py @@ -96,11 +96,13 @@ class Random(_random.Random): None or no argument seeds from current time or from an operating system specific randomness source if available. - For version 2 (the default), all of the bits are used if *a* is a str, - bytes, or bytearray. For version 1, the hash() of *a* is used instead. - If *a* is an int, all bits are used. + For version 2 (the default), all of the bits are used if *a* is a str, + bytes, or bytearray. For version 1 (provided for reproducing random + sequences from older versions of Python), the algorithm for str and + bytes generates a narrower range of seeds. + """ if a is None: |