seeds in gaussian random number generator

[Marc Christiansen]

Frédéric van der <fplancke at my-deja.com> wrote:
> The seed function is not in module random (too bad) but in

With Python 1.5.2 it is.

(0;0)10.SRam:> python
Python 1.5.2 (#5, Feb 14 2000, 21:08:19)  [SAS/C 6.x] on amiga
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> import random
>>> print random.seed.__doc__
Seed the default generator from any hashable value.

        None or no argument returns (0, 0, 0) to seed from current time.


>>>

I think the doc string is faulty and the second line should read s.th.
like
        None or no argument seeds from current time.

but that doesn't change the function ;-)

> module whrandom:
> 
> So you can do:
>     import whrandom
>     whrandom.seed()
>     #or, with up to three integer arguments:
>     whrandom.seed(1,2,3)
> 
> (whrandom is actually meant to be "hidden implementation
> details", but we obviously still need it explicitly.)

see above

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  Marc
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