Gary E. Miller added the comment: > > why have an ignored parameter that is not plainly documented as ignored.
> Because it improves the substitutability of one RNG for another (i.e. the > same reason that we even have a seed() method). I understand why it the parameter it there. I think the parameter should stay there. I am all for orthogonal functions. It just needs to be documented that the parameter is ignored by SystemRandom(). Programmers are being misled by the online documentation and adding a seed parameter when it does nothing. I should not have to read the library code to find out that a parameter is ignored. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue29161> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
