parameters: (self, a=None)
docstring: Initialize internal state from hashable object.
  
          None or no argument seeds from current time or from an operating
          system specific randomness source if available.
  
          If a is not None or an int or long, hash(a) is used instead.
  
          If a is an int or long, a is used directly.  Distinct values between
          0 and 27814431486575L inclusive are guaranteed to yield distinct
          internal states (this guarantee is specific to the default
          Wichmann-Hill generator).
docstring_summary: Initialize internal state from hashable object.
docstring_tokens: Initialize internal state from hashable object .
function: def seed(self, a=None):
          """Initialize internal state from hashable object.
  
          None or no argument seeds from current time or from an operating
          system specific randomness source if available.
  
          If a is not None or an int or long, hash(a) is used instead.
  
          If a is an int or long, a is used directly.  Distinct values between
          0 and 27814431486575L inclusive are guaranteed to yield distinct
          internal states (this guarantee is specific to the default
          Wichmann-Hill generator).
          """
  
          if a is None:
              try:
                  a = long(_hexlify(_urandom(16)), 16)
              except NotImplementedError:
                  import time
                  a = long(time.time() * 256) # use fractional seconds
  
          if not isinstance(a, (int, long)):
              a = hash(a)
  
          a, x = divmod(a, 30268)
          a, y = divmod(a, 30306)
          a, z = divmod(a, 30322)
          self._seed = int(x)+1, int(y)+1, int(z)+1
  
          self.gauss_next = None
function_tokens: def seed ( self , a = None ) : if a is None : try : a = long ( _hexlify ( _urandom ( 16 ) ) , 16 ) except NotImplementedError : import time a = long ( time . time ( ) * 256 ) # use fractional seconds if not isinstance ( a , ( int , long ) ) : a = hash ( a ) a , x = divmod ( a , 30268 ) a , y = divmod ( a , 30306 ) a , z = divmod ( a , 30322 ) self . _seed = int ( x ) + 1 , int ( y ) + 1 , int ( z ) + 1 self . gauss_next = None