Strange error message when calling random in Py1.5

[William Tanksley]

I'm running Python 1.5, doing some scripting for an urgent project (aren't
they all), when I get an odd error.  I can't imagine that this is normal;
I can reproduce it from the Python prompt:

Python 1.5.2 (#0, Apr 13 1999, 10:51:12) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> import random
>>> random.random(100)
Traceback (innermost last):
   File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in ?
      random.random(100)
TypeError: too many arguments; expected 1, got 2
>>> 

Whew.  This one's not believable.  Any ideas?

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-William "Billy" Tanksley