From: Michael W. Hudson <mwh@python.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:27:28 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Finish up the random fixes that Raymond started yesterday.
X-Git-Tag: v2.2.2b1~142
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bd5ba4bba6a92325105018da2ac5708250a7f3d2;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Finish up the random fixes that Raymond started yesterday.
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_random.py b/Lib/test/test_random.py
index 5f60f4b7b235..d508c9fa6569 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_random.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_random.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from test import test_support
+import test_support
 import random
 
 # Ensure that the seed() method initializes all the hidden state.  In
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 99704c8b54d1..a1ff3316ec52 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ Extension modules
 
 Library
 
+- random.gauss() uses a piece of hidden state used by nothing else,
+  and the .seed() and .whseed() methods failed to reset it.  In other
+  words, setting the seed didn't completely determine the sequence of
+  results produced by random.gauss().  It does now.  Programs repeatedly
+  mixing calls to a seed method with calls to gauss() may see different
+  results now.
+
 - Some fixes in the copy module: when an object is copied through its
   __reduce__ method, there was no check for a __setstate__ method on
   the result [SF patch 565085]; deepcopy should treat instances of