Issue #27706: Fix regression in random.seed(somestr, version=1)

Lib/random.py

@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
                 import time
                 a = int(time.time() * 256) # use fractional seconds
 
+        if version == 1 and isinstance(a, (str, bytes)):
+            x = ord(a[0]) << 7 if a else 0
+            for c in a:
+                x = ((1000003 * x) ^ ord(c)) & 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
+            x ^= len(a)
+            a = -2 if x == -1 else x
+
         if version == 2:
             if isinstance(a, (str, bytes, bytearray)):
                 if isinstance(a, str):

Lib/test/test_random.py

@@ -326,6 +326,24 @@ class MersenneTwister_TestBasicOps(TestBasicOps, unittest.TestCase):
             ['0x1.1239ddfb11b7cp-3', '0x1.b3cbb5c51b120p-4',
              '0x1.8c4f55116b60fp-1', '0x1.63eb525174a27p-1'])
 
+    def test_bug_27706(self):
+        # Verify that version 1 seeds are unaffected by hash randomization
+
+        self.gen.seed('nofar', version=1)   # hash('nofar') == 5990528763808513177
+        self.assertEqual([self.gen.random().hex() for i in range(4)],
+            ['0x1.8645314505ad7p-1', '0x1.afb1f82e40a40p-5',
+             '0x1.2a59d2285e971p-1', '0x1.56977142a7880p-6'])
+
+        self.gen.seed('rachel', version=1)  # hash('rachel') == -9091735575445484789
+        self.assertEqual([self.gen.random().hex() for i in range(4)],
+            ['0x1.0b294cc856fcdp-1', '0x1.2ad22d79e77b8p-3',
+             '0x1.3052b9c072678p-2', '0x1.578f332106574p-3'])
+
+        self.gen.seed('', version=1)        # hash('') == 0
+        self.assertEqual([self.gen.random().hex() for i in range(4)],
+            ['0x1.b0580f98a7dbep-1', '0x1.84129978f9c1ap-1',
+             '0x1.aeaa51052e978p-2', '0x1.092178fb945a6p-2'])
+
     def test_setstate_first_arg(self):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.gen.setstate, (1, None, None))
 

Misc/NEWS

@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ Library
 
 - Issue #19884: Avoid spurious output on OS X with Gnu Readline.
 
+- Issue #27706: Restore deterministic behavior of random.Random().seed()
+  for string seeds using seeding version 1.  Allows sequences of calls
+  to random() to exactly match those obtained in Python 2.
+  Patch by Nofar Schnider.
+
 - Issue #10513: Fix a regression in Connection.commit().  Statements should
   not be reset after a commit.