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Author	abukaj
Recipients	abukaj, docs@python
Date	2016-12-20.12:46:14
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In https://docs.python.org/2/library/random.html#random.seed I can find that "If a hashable object is given, deterministic results are only assured when PYTHONHASHSEED is disabled." Both int and long are hashable. However, tests on the random module as well as C source code of random_seed (as indicated in http://stackoverflow.com/a/41228062/4879688) suggest that behaviour of the module is deterministic when seeded with an integer.

In https://docs.python.org/2/library/random.html#random.seed I can find that "If a hashable object is given, deterministic results are only assured when PYTHONHASHSEED is disabled."

Both int and long are hashable. However, tests on the random module as well as C source code of random_seed (as indicated in http://stackoverflow.com/a/41228062/4879688) suggest that behaviour of the module is deterministic when seeded with an integer.

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