[issue24546] sequence index bug in random.choice

[Steven D'Aprano]

Steven D'Aprano added the comment:

I've been running this snippet for almost 72 hours now:

s = u"БГДЖИЛЦЫЭu042eЯАВЕКМРТu042312456789"
while True:
    state = random.getstate()
    try:
        a = random.choice(s)
    except IndexError:
        break

with no results yet. I cannot replicate the original error.

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