[Python-ideas] Re: Better (?) PRNG - follow up

2022-12-05 Thread Greg Ewing
On 6/12/22 3:58 pm, James Johnson wrote: I came back to this thread looking for the list of randomness tests, and I keep missing them somehow. If you're interested in testing a PRNG really thoroughly, check out TestU01: http://simul.iro.umontreal.ca/testu01/tu01.html -- Greg

[Python-ideas] Re: Better (?) PRNG - follow up

2022-12-05 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, 6 Dec 2022 at 14:00, James Johnson wrote: > > I came back to this thread looking for the list of randomness tests, and I > keep missing them somehow. > > The reason for my follow up is this: The random number function in Python has > important uses far beyond my personal concerns, and

[Python-ideas] Re: Better (?) PRNG - follow up

2022-12-05 Thread James Johnson
I came back to this thread looking for the list of randomness tests, and I keep missing them somehow. The reason for my follow up is this: The random number function in Python has important uses far beyond my personal concerns, and random.randint(0,9) is supposed to be the Mersenne Twister. I