Slight documentation quirk for random.random

[amc1]

BPO	3622
Nosy	@birkenfeld, @amauryfa

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[amc1]

The documentation for random.random function shows this:
random() -> x in the interval [0, 1).

That should either be "[0, 1]" or "(0, 1)".

[amauryfa]

[0, 1) denotes an interval, not a python object; 0 is included, 1 is
excluded.

And it follows (one of) the standard syntax to express intervals:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_notation