[New-bugs-announce] [issue29161] random.SystemRandom(seed) documentation issue

[Gary E. Miller]

New submission from Gary E. Miller:

The man page for random.SystemRandom([seed]]) fails to mention that the parameter 'seed' is never used.  This should be prominent in the documentation.  I have found several cases where a seed was provided to SystemRandom().

https://docs.python.org/2.7/library/random.html?highlight=systemrandom

Present in all versions of Python docs that I could find.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 284678
nosy: gem
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: random.SystemRandom(seed) documentation issue
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7

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