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[Python-Dev] Backward-incompatible change to random.randrange in 2.7.6

Donald Stufft donald at stufft.io
Wed Dec 18 01:17:39 CET 2013 
Isn't changing it in 2.7.6 which is already released and then reverting in 2.7.7 worse? Either way 2.7.6 will have this change and be in the wild and broken for people who depend on it

> On Dec 17, 2013, at 5:54 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> wrote:
> 
> 2013/12/17 Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>:
>> On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:18:25 -0500
>> Tres Seaver <tseaver at palladion.com> wrote:
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>>> http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b1e94e332ec8
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>>> Do we really want to change an undocumented-but-effectively-public API in
>>> a late-in-the-release-cycle third dot release?  It caused, ZODB's tests
>>> to fail, for instance.
>> 
>> Given the change doesn't seem to bring any visible change for users
>> (either performance or robustness), I think it would be safe to revert
>> it *in 2.7*.
> 
> I agree with Antoine. It's better not to break even morally-broken
> programs like the zope tests in 2.7.x if it doesn't win anything.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Benjamin
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