Guido van Rossum 358473c1a2 Andrew Kuchling writes: ...

First, the RNG in whrandom.py sucks if you let it seed itself from the time.
The problem is the line:
			t = int((t&0xffffff) | (t>>24))
Since it ORs the two parts together, the resulting value has mostly
ON bits.  Change | to ^, and you don't lose any randomness.

1998-02-16 14:52:42 +00:00

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