[issue9816] random.jumpahead and PRNG sequence independence

[Craig McQueen]

Craig McQueen added the comment:

I notice that the C++11 library has a discard() member function for its random generators, which is effectively a jumpahead operation. It seems that the C++11 library has implemented discard() for the Mersene Twister generator. If jumpahead() is technically possible for MT, can it be added back into the Python library?

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nosy: +cmcqueen1975

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