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Diffstat (limited to 'numpy')
| -rw-r--r-- | numpy/random/mtrand/mtrand.pyx | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/random/mtrand/mtrand.pyx b/numpy/random/mtrand/mtrand.pyx index 6df2d84b9..3adeb1990 100644 --- a/numpy/random/mtrand/mtrand.pyx +++ b/numpy/random/mtrand/mtrand.pyx @@ -891,10 +891,10 @@ cdef class RandomState: Parameters ---------- seed : {None, int, array_like}, optional - Random seed initializing the pseudo-random number generator. - Can be an integer between 0 and 4294967295, an array (or other sequence) of integers of - any length, or ``None`` (the default). - If `seed` is ``None``, then `RandomState` will try to read data from + Random seed used to initialize the pseudo-random number generator. Can + be any integer between 0 and 2**32 - 1 inclusive, an array (or other + sequence) of such integers, or ``None`` (the default). If `seed` is + ``None``, then `RandomState` will try to read data from ``/dev/urandom`` (or the Windows analogue) if available or seed from the clock otherwise. @@ -952,13 +952,13 @@ cdef class RandomState: else: idx = operator.index(seed) if idx > int(2**32 - 1) or idx < 0: - raise ValueError("Seed must be between 0 and 4294967295") + raise ValueError("Seed must be between 0 and 2**32 - 1") with self.lock: rk_seed(idx, self.internal_state) except TypeError: obj = np.asarray(seed).astype(np.int64, casting='safe') if ((obj > int(2**32 - 1)) | (obj < 0)).any(): - raise ValueError("Seed must be between 0 and 4294967295") + raise ValueError("Seed must be between 0 and 2**32 - 1") obj = obj.astype('L', casting='unsafe') with self.lock: init_by_array(self.internal_state, <unsigned long *>PyArray_DATA(obj), |