[Tutor] How to test function using random.randint()?

[Ben Finney]

Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> writes:

> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 12:18:01AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> > No, I meant what I wrote. The ‘rng’ parameter is expected to be
> > bound to a RNG. If the caller has not specified a custom RNG
> > instance, we bind ‘rng’ to the standard RNG instance found at
> > ‘random.random’.

Steven is right, that name is a function not an RNG.

The code should read::

    if rng is None:
        rng = random._inst

which is the default RNG instance in the module.

It is also named as an implementation-only attribute, not part of the
module's API. So you may want to find a more reliable API to use.

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Ben Finney