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@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ Standard library each thread, then using .jumpahead() to force each instance to use a non-overlapping segment of the full period. +- random.py's seed() function is new. For bit-for-bit compatibility with + prior releases, use the whseed function instead. The new seed function + addresses two problems: (1) The old function couldn't produce more than + about 2**24 distinct internal states; the new one about 2**45 (the best + that can be done in the Wichmann-Hill generator). (2) The old function + sometimes produced identical internal states when passed distinct + integers, and there was no simple way to predict when that would happen; + the new one guarantees to produce distinct internal states for all + arguments in [0, 27814431486576L). + Windows changes - Build procedure: the zlib project is built in a different way that |