如果你打开random.py看它是如何工作的,它的类Random子类_random.Random：
import _random
class Random(_random.Random):
"""Random number generator base class used by bound module functions.
Used to instantiate instances of Random to get generators that don't
share state. Especially useful for multi-threaded programs,creating
a different instance of Random for each thread,and using the jumpahead()
method to ensure that the generated sequences seen by each thread don't
overlap.
Class Random can also be subclassed if you want to use a different basic
generator of your own devising: in that case,override the following
methods: random(),seed(),getstate(),setstate() and jumpahead().
Optionally,implement a getrandbits() method so that randrange() can cover
arbitrarily large ranges.
"""
我可以通过以下方式轻松找到random.py文件：
In [1]: import sys In [2]: print random.__file__ /usr/lib/python2.7/random.pyc
但是_random没有这个变量：
In [3]: _random.__file__ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- AttributeError Traceback (most recent call last) <ipython-input-295-a62b7df330e2> in <module>() ----> 1 _random.__file__ AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__file__'
那么什么是_random,为什么随机子类化它,我在哪里可以找到它的相应文件？
解决方法
通常的做法是使用C中实现的模块的前导下划线.通常使用此C模块的模式_mod和导入此_mod的python模块的mod.您可以在标准库的多个模块中找到它.通常,您应该使用mod而不是_mod.
在Mac OS X上有一个文件：
_random.so
在Python使用的共享库的目录中.
只需在交互式提示符下键入模块名称即可查看路径：
>>> _random >>> <module '_random' from '/path/to/python/sharedlibs/_random.so'>
顺便说一句,并非所有可导入的模块都有与之关联的文件.有些是Python可执行文件的一部分,内置模块：
>>> import sys
>>> sys.builtin_module_names
('_ast','_codecs','_collections','_functools','_imp','_io','_locale','_operator','_signal','_sre','_stat','_string','_symtable','_thread','_tracemalloc','_warnings','_weakref','atexit','builtins','errno','faulthandler','gc','itertools','marshal','posix','pwd','sys','time','xxsubtype','zipimport')
所以,如果你进入你的平台：
>>> _random _random <module '_random' (built-in)>
比_random是Python可执行的一部分.
在C source _randommodule.c中,您可以找到可在Python中使用的Random方法：
static PyMethodDef random_methods[] = {
{"random",(PyCFunction)random_random,METH_NOARGS,PyDoc_STR("random() -> x in the interval [0,1).")},{"seed",(PyCFunction)random_seed,METH_VaraRGS,PyDoc_STR("seed([n]) -> None. Defaults to current time.")},{"getstate",(PyCFunction)random_getstate,PyDoc_STR("getstate() -> tuple containing the current state.")},{"setstate",(PyCFunction)random_setstate,METH_O,PyDoc_STR("setstate(state) -> None. Restores generator state.")},{"getrandbits",(PyCFunction)random_getrandbits,PyDoc_STR("getrandbits(k) -> x. Generates an int with "
"k random bits.")},{NULL,NULL} /* sentinel */
};
相比于：
>>> [x for x in dir(_random.Random) if not x.startswith('__')]
['getrandbits','getstate','jumpahead','random','seed','setstate']