Much clearer when super() is used.
diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index ccac440..3db1f1a 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
# Adrian Baddeley. Adapted by Raymond Hettinger for use with
# the Mersenne Twister core generator.
-from _random import Random as CoreGenerator
+import _random
-class Random(CoreGenerator):
+class Random(_random.Random):
"""Random number generator base class used by bound module functions.
Used to instantiate instances of Random to get generators that don't
@@ -94,19 +94,19 @@
If a is not None or an int or long, hash(a) is used instead.
"""
- CoreGenerator.seed(self, a)
+ super(Random, self).seed(a)
self.gauss_next = None
def getstate(self):
"""Return internal state; can be passed to setstate() later."""
- return self.VERSION, CoreGenerator.getstate(self), self.gauss_next
+ return self.VERSION, super(Random, self).getstate(), self.gauss_next
def setstate(self, state):
"""Restore internal state from object returned by getstate()."""
version = state[0]
if version == 2:
version, internalstate, self.gauss_next = state
- CoreGenerator.setstate(self, internalstate)
+ super(Random, self).setstate(internalstate)
else:
raise ValueError("state with version %s passed to "
"Random.setstate() of version %s" %