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gh-142527: Docs: Clarify that random.seed() discards the sign of an integer input #142483

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Expand Up @@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ Bookkeeping functions
instead of the system time (see the :func:`os.urandom` function for details
on availability).

If *a* is an int, it is used directly.
If *a* is an int, it is used directly. Note that negative integer seeds are
treated as equivalent to their absolute value, so for example ``seed(-5)`` and
``seed(5)`` will produce identical sequences.
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With version 2 (the default), a :class:`str`, :class:`bytes`, or :class:`bytearray`
object gets converted to an :class:`int` and all of its bits are used.
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