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[Python-Dev] random.jumpback?

[Python-Dev] random.jumpback? [Python-Dev] random.jumpback?Guido van Rossum guido@digicool.com
Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:52:27 -0500
> [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

[Tim]
> Did you miss the sentence preceding the example, starting "Just for fun"?

In that vein, the example isn't compatible with doctest, is it?

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)



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