[issue44593] _randbelow_with_getrandbits may request an unnecessary random bit

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[issue44593] _randbelow_with_getrandbits may request an unnecessary random bit

New submission from lormuc : For example, Lib/random.py/Random._randbelow_with_getrandbits(1) should always return 0, as per docstring, but it asks for 1 random bit from getrandbits(). -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 397219 nosy: lormuc priority: normal severity: normal status