random changes

[Raymond Hettinger]

"dan"
> I did try random.WichmannHill, which gives completely different data
> to either the new or the old version.

It works for me:


Python 2.2.3 (#42, May 30 2003, 18:12:08) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
IDLE 0.8 -- press F1 for help
>>> import random
>>> rng = random.Random(1492)
>>> rng.random()
0.44575247281897029


Python 2.3 (#46, Jul 29 2003, 18:54:32) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.

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IDLE 1.0
>>> import random
>>> rng = random.WichmannHill(1492)
>>> rng.random()
0.44575247281897029



Raymond Hettinger