[ python-Bugs-901285 ] random.randint fails for some ranges

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Bugs item #901285, was opened at 2004-02-20 19:27
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Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: paul rubin (phr)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: random.randint fails for some ranges

Initial Comment:
I want a random 32-bit int and do it the obvious way:

lowest, highest = int(-2**31), int(2**31-1)
r = random.randint(lowest, highest)

random.randint throws an exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/random.py", line 349, in randint
    return self.randrange(a, b+1)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/random.py", line 328, in
randrange
    raise ValueError, "empty range for randrange()"
ValueError: empty range for randrange()


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