[issue29161] random.SystemRandom(seed) documentation issue

Raymond Hettinger report at bugs.python.org
Wed Jan 4 20:18:31 EST 2017


Raymond Hettinger added the comment:

> why have an ignored parameter that is not plainly documented as ignored.

Because it improves the substitutability of one RNG for another (i.e. the same reason that we even have a seed() method).

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priority: normal -> low
resolution:  -> not a bug

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