[Skip Montanaro] > I was adding __all__ to the random module and I noticed this very > unpythonic example in the module docstring: > > >>> g = Random(42) # arbitrary > >>> g.random() > 0.25420336316883324 > >>> g.jumpahead(6953607871644L - 1) # move *back* one > >>> g.random() > 0.25420336316883324 Did you miss the sentence preceding the example, starting "Just for fun"? > Presuming backing up the seed is a reasonable thing to do > ... It isn't -- it's just for fun. > (I haven't got much experience with random numbers), If you did, you would have been howling with joy at how much fun you were having <wink>.
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