[issue29161] random.SystemRandom(seed) documentation issue
Gary E. Miller
report at bugs.python.org
Wed Jan 4 20:43:53 EST 2017
Gary E. Miller 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).
I understand why it the parameter it there. I think the parameter should stay there. I am all for orthogonal functions. It just needs to be documented that the parameter is ignored by SystemRandom().
Programmers are being misled by the online documentation and adding a seed parameter when it does nothing.
I should not have to read the library code to find out that a parameter is ignored.
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