bpo-42559: State that random.getrandbits() returns an unsigned integer#23667
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| the MersenneTwister generator and some other generators may also provide it | ||
| as an optional part of the API. When available, :meth:`getrandbits` enables | ||
| :meth:`randrange` to handle arbitrarily large ranges. | ||
| Returns an unsigned, Python integer with *k* random bits. This method is |
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Nitpick level comment, but I'd prefer the term "nonnegative" (or "non-negative", depending on your hyphenation preferences) to "unsigned". The terms "unsigned" and "signed" are usually used in reference to integer types (e.g. in C), while nonnegative directly describes the value. Python doesn't have unsigned and signed integers (outside ctypes), and I find the "unsigned" here a bit confusing.
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Closing in favor of #23843 |
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https://bugs.python.org/issue42559