[issue43089] The optional argument to random.Random() is called "x" not "seed"

Raymond Hettinger report at bugs.python.org
Mon Feb 1 06:59:07 EST 2021


Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> added the comment:

> It would be better to rename "x" to "seed" but that's
> not backwards compatible.

As you said, this would be a breaking change, so we can't do it.

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resolution:  -> rejected
stage:  -> resolved
status: open -> closed

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