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Tim Peters 46c04e140c 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.

Bugfix candidate (random.gauss() has always been broken in this way),
despite that it may change results.
2002-05-05 20:40:00 +00:00
..
RPM Checked in Sean Reifschneider's RPM spec file and patches. Bugfix candidate. 2002-01-06 03:29:16 +00:00
ACKS SF patch 546244 by John Williams: add Text.dump() method. 2002-04-23 13:29:43 +00:00
AIX-NOTES Rename Setup.in to Setup.dist, and assume that configure will create 2000-10-26 17:07:40 +00:00
BeOS-NOTES Completely revamped BeOS notes, by Donn Cave (SF patch 411834). 2001-04-10 21:51:29 +00:00
BeOS-setup.py Removed old Digital Creations copyright/license notices (with 2002-04-04 17:52:50 +00:00
cheatsheet Update cheatsheet to 2.0 from Brunning/Gruet's quick reference 2001-08-06 17:43:49 +00:00
find_recursionlimit.py script that reports a fairly safe recursionlimit for a specific platform 2000-08-31 19:24:17 +00:00
gdbinit PyObject_Dump() -> _PyObject_Dump() 2001-01-24 04:18:13 +00:00
HISTORY Added release dates (in some cases detemined by looking at the mtime 2000-09-04 17:24:24 +00:00
HPUX-NOTES Added note about libpython1.5.a. 1997-07-19 20:44:33 +00:00
indent.pro
NEWS random.gauss() uses a piece of hidden state used by nothing else, 2002-05-05 20:40:00 +00:00
Porting Patch #411138: Rename config.h to pyconfig.h. Closes bug #231774. 2001-07-26 13:41:06 +00:00
PURIFY.README Updated for Python 1.5, including my experiences with Purify on 1997-10-07 15:50:58 +00:00
python-mode.el Watch out for older XEmacsen for which requiring info-look doesn't 2002-04-30 18:58:52 +00:00
python.man SF patch #467455 : Enhanced environment variables, by Toby Dickenson. 2001-10-12 22:17:56 +00:00
README Remove stub for unicode.txt. Resort README in dictionary order. 2002-02-11 01:18:25 +00:00
RFD
setuid-prog.c correct bogus instructions 'ccoment out' -> 'uncomment' 1998-09-10 20:18:09 +00:00
vgrindefs Add 'yield' as a keyword 2001-08-06 17:42:53 +00:00

README 

Python Misc subdirectory
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This directory contains files that wouldn't fit in elsewhere.  Some
documents are only of historic importance.

Files found here
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ACKS		Acknowledgements
AIX-NOTES	Notes for building Python on AIX
BeOS-NOTES	Notes for building on BeOS
BeOS-setup.py	setup.py replacement for BeOS, see BeOS-NOTES
cheatsheet	Quick summary of Python by Ken Manheimer
find_recursionlimit.py  Script to find a value for sys.maxrecursionlimit
gdbinit		Handy stuff to put in your .gdbinit file, if you use gdb
HISTORY		News from previous releases -- oldest last
HPUX-NOTES	Notes about dynamic loading under HP-UX
indent.pro	GNU indent profile approximating my C style
NEWS		News for this release (for some meaning of "this")
Porting		Mini-FAQ on porting to new platforms
PURIFY.README	Information for Purify users
python.man	UNIX man page for the python interpreter
python-mode.el	Emacs mode for editing Python programs
README		The file you're reading now
RFD		Request For Discussion about a Python newsgroup
RPM		(Old) tools to build RPMs
setuid-prog.c	C helper program for set-uid Python scripts
vgrindefs	Python configuration for vgrind (a generic pretty printer)