Christian Heimes 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								d914596a67 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								bpo-36559: random module: optimize sha512 import (GH-12742)  
							
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							The random module now prefers the lean internal _sha512 module over hashlib
for seed(version=2) to optimize import time.
Signed-off-by: Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> 
							
						 
						
							2019-04-10 13:18:02 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								
							
							
							
								
							
							
								5382203ae1 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Convert range to repeat for choices() ( #11889 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2019-02-16 13:30:51 -08:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								cfd31f0af2 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Be consistent about the use of from-imports in random module (GH-11837)  
							
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							Minor code clean-up. 
							
						 
						
							2019-02-13 02:04:17 -08:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Kumar Akshay 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								2433a2ab70 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								bpo-35782: Fix error message in randrange (GH-11620)  
							
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							https://bugs.python.org/issue35782  
						
							2019-01-21 11:19:59 -08:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									leodema 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								63d152232e 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								bpo-30561: Sync-up expovariate() and gammavariate code (GH-1934)  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2018-12-23 22:54:25 -08:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Victor Stinner 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								
							
							
							
								
							
							
								8db5b54463 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								bpo-35513, unittest: TextTestRunner uses time.perf_counter() (GH-11180)  
							
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							TextTestRunner of unittest.runner now uses time.perf_counter() rather
than time.time() to measure the execution time of a test: time.time()
can go backwards, whereas time.perf_counter() is monotonic.
Similar change made in libregrtest, pprint and random. 
							
						 
						
							2018-12-17 11:30:34 +01:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								
							
							
							
								
							
							
								09473ac063 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Remove unnecessary and over-restrictive type check (GH-10905)  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2018-12-04 14:53:14 -08:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								7fc633f5a5 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Add comments regarding speed/space/entropy trade-offs (GH-10885)  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2018-12-04 00:13:38 -08:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								0a18e0510a 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Hoist the float conversion out of the inner loop. (GH-10430)  
							
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							Currently, the *n* and *total* variables get converted to floats each time they are multiplied by random().  This minor tweak does the conversion just once and gets a small speedup (approx 3%). 
							
						 
						
							2018-11-09 02:39:50 -08:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								
							
							
							
								
							
							
								e69cd169af 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Minor code refactoring.  Compute len() one fewer times on one code path. (GH-8094)  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2018-07-04 15:28:20 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								
							
							
							
								
							
							
								ddf7171911 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								bpo-24567: Random subnormal.diff ( #7954 )  
							
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							Handle subnormal weights for choices() 
							
						 
						
							2018-06-27 01:08:31 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Serhiy Storchaka 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								
							
							
							
								
							
							
								ec1622d56c 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								bpo-33144: Fix choosing random.Random._randbelow implementation. (GH-6563)  
							
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							random() takes precedence over getrandbits() if defined later
in the class tree. 
							
						 
						
							2018-05-08 15:45:15 +03:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Wolfgang Maier 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								ba3a87aca3 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								bpo-33144: random.Random and subclasses: split _randbelow implementation (GH-6291)  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2018-04-17 08:16:17 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Wolfgang Maier 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								091e95e900 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								bpo-33203: Ensure random.choice always raises IndexError on empty sequence (GH-6338)  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2018-04-05 08:19:44 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								132a7d7cdb 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								bpo-31482:  Missing bytes support for random.seed() version 1 ( #3614 )  
							
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							bpo-31482: Missing bytes support for random.seed() version 1 #3614  
							
						 
						
							2017-09-17 09:04:30 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								f5ea83f486 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								random_triangular:  sqrt() is more accurate than **0.5 ( #3317 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2017-09-04 16:51:06 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									leodema 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								9f396b605e 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								fix comment ( #1798 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2017-06-04 07:41:41 +01:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Gregory P. Smith 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								163468a766 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								bpo-16500: Don't use string constants for os.register_at_fork() behavior ( #1834 )  
							
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							Instead use keyword only arguments to os.register_at_fork for each of the scenarios.
Updates the documentation for clarity. 
							
						 
						
							2017-05-29 10:03:41 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Antoine Pitrou 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								346cbd351e 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								bpo-16500: Allow registering at-fork handlers ( #1715 )  
							
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							* bpo-16500: Allow registering at-fork handlers
* Address Serhiy's comments
* Add doc for new C API
* Add doc for new Python-facing function
* Add NEWS entry + doc nit 
							
						 
						
							2017-05-27 17:50:54 +02:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								bb2839b680 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Issue  #29055 : Suppress upstream exception for random.choice()  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-12-27 01:06:52 -08:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								bf87126a63 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Issue 28475:  Improve error message for random.sample() with k < 0. (Contributed by Francisco Couzo).  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-11-21 14:34:33 -08:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								24e4239434 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Fix typos  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-11-13 00:42:56 -05:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								8567e58ae3 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Minor code beautification  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-11-01 22:23:11 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								30d00e54dd 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Issue  #18844 : Make the various ways for specifing weights produce the same results.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-10-29 16:55:36 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								9016f2864a 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Issue  #18844 : Make the number of selections a keyword-only argument for random.choices().  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-09-26 21:45:57 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								28aa4a0684 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Rename weighted_choices() to just choices()  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-09-07 00:08:44 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								e8f1e002c6 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Issue  #18844 : Add random.weighted_choices()  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-09-06 17:15:29 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Victor Stinner 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								e66987e626 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								os.urandom() now blocks on Linux  
							
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							Issue #27776 : The os.urandom() function does now block on Linux 3.17 and newer
until the system urandom entropy pool is initialized to increase the security.
This change is part of the PEP 524. 
							
						 
						
							2016-09-06 16:33:52 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								6579502c7e 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Merge  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-09-04 11:17:48 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								16eb827b33 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Improve docs for random.seed()  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-09-04 11:17:28 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								2f9cc7ab0c 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Minor beautification (turn nested-if into a conjunction).  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-08-31 23:00:32 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								112835cb3e 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Merge  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-08-31 15:01:28 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								c7bab7cbf5 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Issue  #27706 : Fix regression in random.seed(somestr, version=1)  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-08-31 15:01:08 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								650c1c9ddd 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Minor beautification  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-06-25 05:36:42 +03:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Martin Panter 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								e26da7c03a 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Issue  #27171 : Fix typos in documentation, comments, and test function names  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-06-02 10:07:09 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								d58a0b6876 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								merge  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2014-05-25 17:28:38 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								978c6abced 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Issue 13355:  Make random.triangular degrade gracefully when low == high.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2014-05-25 17:25:27 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								1f54814094 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Improve readability  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2014-05-19 20:21:43 +01:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								23042cda40 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Issue  #21470 : Do a better job seeding the random number generator  
							
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							to fully cover its state space. 
							
						 
						
							2014-05-13 22:13:40 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Christian Heimes 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								f1dc3ee16d 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Issue  #19218 : Rename collections.abc to _collections_abc in order to speed up interpreter start  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2013-10-13 02:04:20 +02:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								be74a3d721 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Minor clean-up of function parameters in random().  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2013-10-05 21:52:06 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								8fe47c3991 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Minor clean-up of function parameters in random().  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2013-10-05 21:48:21 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Raymond Hettinger 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								f77cdbeff7 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Issue  #19169 :  Micro refactoring with a micro benefit for brevity and speed.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2013-10-05 17:18:36 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Senthil Kumaran 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								f5ce0122ce 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Removing the merge conflict markers.  
							
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							- my previous removal and hg resolve mark had still left them and hooks did not catch it too! 
							
						 
						
							2013-09-12 07:06:49 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Senthil Kumaran 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								b4055f294e 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								merge from 3.3  
							
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							Improve the docstring of random.shuffle. Inform users not to provide int arg.
Addresses issue #14927  
							
						 
						
							2013-09-11 22:55:54 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Senthil Kumaran 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								f8ce51ab16 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Improve the docstring of random.shuffle. Inform users not to provide int arg.  
							
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							Addresses issue #14927  
							
						 
						
							2013-09-11 22:54:31 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Serhiy Storchaka 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								46e1ce214b 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Issue  #18783 : Removed existing mentions of Python long type in docstrings,  
							
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							error messages and comments. 
							
						 
						
							2013-08-27 20:17:03 +03:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Serhiy Storchaka 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								9594942716 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Issue  #18783 : Removed existing mentions of Python long type in docstrings,  
							
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							error messages and comments. 
							
						 
						
							2013-08-27 19:40:23 +03:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Andrew Svetlov 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								44e33f39bf 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Revert changes for  #13355  by request from Raymond Hettinger  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2013-04-13 18:04:19 +03:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Andrew Svetlov 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								b4fd468f12 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Revert changes for  #13355  by request from Raymond Hettinger  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2013-04-13 18:00:04 +03:00