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Fix Sphinx warnings in library/random.rst
hugovk Dec 11, 2023
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hugovk Dec 12, 2023
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Fix references to undocumented class methods
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Fix references to undocumented class methods
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hugovk Dec 25, 2023
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Add stub entries for Random methods
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Move comments inwards to fit without horizontal scrolling
hugovk Dec 25, 2023
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Move info about subclassing to one place; update signatures
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Squigglify for readability
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Update Random.getrandbits
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Expand Up @@ -34,10 +34,8 @@ instance of the :class:`random.Random` class. You can instantiate your own
instances of :class:`Random` to get generators that don't share state.

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 :meth:`~Random.random`,
:meth:`~Random.seed`, :meth:`~Random.getstate`, and :meth:`~Random.setstate` methods.
Optionally, a new generator can supply a :meth:`~Random.getrandbits` method --- this
allows :meth:`randrange` to produce selections over an arbitrarily large range.
basic generator of your own devising: see the documentation on that class for
more details.

The :mod:`random` module also provides the :class:`SystemRandom` class which
uses the system function :func:`os.urandom` to generate random numbers
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``None``, :class:`int`, :class:`float`, :class:`str`,
:class:`bytes`, or :class:`bytearray`.

.. method:: Random.seed()
Subclasses of :class:`!Random` should override the following methods if they
wish to make use of a different basic generator:

.. method:: Random.seed(a=None, version=2)

Override this method in subclasses to customise the :meth:`random.seed`
behaviour of :class:`Random` instances.
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Override this method in subclasses to customise the :meth:`random.getstate`
behaviour of :class:`Random` instances.

.. method:: Random.setstate()
.. method:: Random.setstate(state)

Override this method in subclasses to customise the :meth:`random.setstate`
behaviour of :class:`Random` instances.

.. method:: Random.getrandbits()

Override this method in subclasses to customise the :meth:`random.getrandbits`
behaviour of :class:`Random` instances.

.. method:: Random.random()

Override this method in subclasses to customise the :meth:`random.random`
behaviour of :class:`Random` instances.

Optionally, a new generator can also supply the following method:

.. method:: Random.getrandbits(k)

Override this method in subclasses to customise the
:meth:`random.getrandbits` behaviour of :class:`Random` instances. This in
turn allows :meth:`!Random.randrange` to produce selections over an
arbitrarily large range.


.. class:: SystemRandom([seed])

Class that uses the :func:`os.urandom` function for generating random numbers
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