[issue39023] random.seed with string and version 1 not deterministic in 3.5.2

Change by Raymond Hettinger : -- resolution: -> out of date stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ P

[issue39023] random.seed with string and version 1 not deterministic in 3.5.2

Michael Thompson added the comment: Thanks. I found 3.6 works for me. --Mike On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 5:10 PM Mark Dickinson wrote: > > Mark Dickinson added the comment: > > I think this was already fixed in 3.5, but the fix would have gone in > later than the 3.5.2 release: see issue #2770

[issue39023] random.seed with string and version 1 not deterministic in 3.5.2

Mark Dickinson added the comment: I think this was already fixed in 3.5, but the fix would have gone in later than the 3.5.2 release: see issue #27706. 3.5.3 and later should have the fix. -- nosy: +mark.dickinson ___ Python tracker

[issue39023] random.seed with string and version 1 not deterministic in 3.5.2

New submission from Michael Thompson : Version 3.5.2, the "rand string seed" is not deterministic in code sample below across multiple invocations of the program. Python 3.6.8 works fine. #!/usr/bin/env python3 import random lis = '94' random.seed(lis, version=1) w = random.random() * 100 pri