[New-bugs-announce] [issue44593] _randbelow_with_getrandbits may request an unnecessary random bit

[lormuc]

New submission from lormuc <benjamin.petrenko at gmail.com>:

For example, Lib/random.py/Random._randbelow_with_getrandbits(1) should always return 0, as per docstring, but it asks for 1 random bit from getrandbits().

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 397219
nosy: lormuc
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: _randbelow_with_getrandbits may request an unnecessary random bit
type: resource usage
versions: Python 3.11

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