[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-476054 ] small improvement to random (original) (raw)

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Bugs item #476054, was opened at 2001-10-29 08:52 You can respond by visiting: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=476054&group_id=5470

Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)

Assigned to: Tim Peters (timone) Summary: small improvement to random

Initial Comment: there is this code in the random module:

        # Initialize from current time
        import time
        a = long(time.time() * 256)

iwouldn't it be better to use multiply by 1000000 since the microseconds are probably more random than the seconds?

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