[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.831.4.60,1.831.4.61

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
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Modified Files:
      Tag: release23-maint
	NEWS 
Log Message:
SF bug #812202:  randint is always even

* Extend rangrange() to return meaningful results when the range is
  larger than 2**53.  Only applies to the MersenneTwister.  WichmannHill
  was left alone in the absence of a proof showing how multiple calls
  could be combined to produce long bit streams.

* WichmannHill was missing from __all__.



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--- NEWS	5 Oct 2003 23:35:38 -0000	1.831.4.61
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*** 22,25 ****
--- 22,31 ----
  - Bug #814613: INET_ADDRSTRLEN fix needed for all compilers on SGI
  
+ Library
+ -------
+ 
+ - Bug #812202:  random.randrange() returned only even numbers
+   for range lengths above 2**53.
+ 
  What's New in Python 2.3.2 (final)?
  ===================================