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gh-149221: Minor comment edit #149278

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3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions Lib/random.py
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Expand Up @@ -838,9 +838,8 @@ def binomialvariate(self, n=1, p=0.5):
while True:
try:
y += _floor(_log2(random()) / c) + 1
# The random() function can return 0.0, which causes log2(0.0) to raise a ValueError.
# See https://github.com/python/cpython/issue/149221
except ValueError:
# Reject case where random() returned 0.0
continue
if y > n:
return x
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