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Random.seed, whose purpose is purportedly determinism, behaves non-deterministically with strings due to hash randomization #71893

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BPO 27706
Nosy @rhettinger, @terryjreedy, @vstinner, @glyph, @Lukasa, @Shredder13
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    assignee = 'https://github.com/rhettinger'
    closed_at = <Date 2016-08-31.22:07:06.003>
    created_at = <Date 2016-08-08.00:15:14.552>
    labels = ['tests', 'type-bug', 'library']
    title = 'Random.seed, whose purpose is purportedly determinism, behaves non-deterministically with strings due to hash randomization'
    updated_at = <Date 2016-08-31.22:07:06.002>
    user = 'https://github.com/glyph'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2016-08-31.22:07:06.002>
    actor = 'rhettinger'
    assignee = 'rhettinger'
    closed = True
    closed_date = <Date 2016-08-31.22:07:06.003>
    closer = 'rhettinger'
    components = ['Library (Lib)', 'Tests']
    creation = <Date 2016-08-08.00:15:14.552>
    creator = 'glyph'
    dependencies = []
    files = ['44308', '44309']
    hgrepos = []
    issue_num = 27706
    keywords = ['patch']
    message_count = 15.0
    messages = ['272137', '272141', '272418', '272712', '272928', '272972', '272973', '272987', '272993', '274066', '274067', '274069', '274074', '274076', '274077']
    nosy_count = 7.0
    nosy_names = ['rhettinger', 'terry.reedy', 'vstinner', 'glyph', 'python-dev', 'Lukasa', 'Nofar Schnider']
    pr_nums = []
    priority = 'normal'
    resolution = 'fixed'
    stage = 'needs patch'
    status = 'closed'
    superseder = None
    type = 'behavior'
    url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue27706'
    versions = ['Python 3.5', 'Python 3.6']

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