New comment block to Clarify a subtlety.
diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index baebdf0..b9359e4 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -596,7 +596,11 @@
if r1 != r2:
raise ValueError("jumpahead test failed " + `(N, r1, r2)`)
-# Initialize from current time.
+# Create one instance, seeded from current time, and export its methods
+# as module-level functions. The functions are not threadsafe, and state
+# is shared across all uses (both in the user's code and in the Python
+# libraries), but that's fine for most programs and is easier for the
+# casual user than making them instantiate their own Random() instance.
_inst = Random()
seed = _inst.seed
random = _inst.random