[New-bugs-announce] [issue29025] random.seed() relation to hash() function and its determinism is vague

[Jakub Mateusz Kowalski]

New submission from Jakub Mateusz Kowalski:

2.7 (https://docs.python.org/2/library/random.html#random.seed)
- warning about PYTHONHASHSEED (environmental variable) voiding determinism
- no warning on -R interpreter switch 
- relation to hash() function omitted

2.6 (https://docs.python.org/2.6/library/random.html#random.seed)
3.0 (https://docs.python.org/3.0/library/random.html#random.seed)
3.1 (https://docs.python.org/3.1/library/random.html#random.seed)
3.2 (https://docs.python.org/3.2/library/random.html#random.seed)
3.3 (https://docs.python.org/3.3/library/random.html#random.seed)
3.4 (https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/random.html#random.seed)
- no warning about PYTHONHASHSEED nor -R switch
- relation to hash() function acknowledged

3.5 (https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/random.html#random.seed)
3.6 (https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/random.html#random.seed)
3.7 (https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/random.html#random.seed)
- no warning about PYTHONHASHSEED nor -R switch
- relation to hash() function omitted

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 283688
nosy: Jakub.Mateusz.Kowalski, docs at python
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: random.seed() relation to hash() function and its determinism is vague
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7

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