on 32-bit systems on 64-bit systems, and vice versa. As a consequence
of the change, Random pickles created by Python 2.6 cannot be loaded
in Python 2.5.
* Added C coded getrandbits(k) method that runs in linear time.
* Call the new method from randrange() for ranges >= 2**53.
* Adds a warning for generators not defining getrandbits() whenever they
have a call to randrange() with too large of a population.
The attached patch enables shared extension
modules to build cleanly under Cygwin without
moving the static initialization of certain function
pointers (i.e., ones exported from the Python
DLL core) to a module initialization function.
Additionally, this patch fixes the modules that
have been changed in the past to accommodate
Cygwin.
Mark Dickinson
Christian Heimes
Martin v. Löwis
Georg Brandl
Neal Norwitz
Raymond Hettinger
Jason Tishler