From bcba8f6b466d3ed3962c8a5722c313db739bec43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "d.grigonis" <d.grigonis@me.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 01:08:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] impl

---
 Lib/random.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index 4d9a047b027974..d6f5337d40f6ba 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -336,8 +336,11 @@ def randrange(self, start, stop=None, step=_ONE):
     def randint(self, a, b):
         """Return random integer in range [a, b], including both end points.
         """
-
-        return self.randrange(a, b+1)
+        a = _index(a)
+        b = _index(b)
+        if b < a:
+            raise ValueError(f"empty range in randint({a}, {b})")
+        return a + self._randbelow(b - a + 1)
 
 
     ## -------------------- sequence methods  -------------------

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 .../next/Library/2025-03-19-20-37-07.gh-issue-131435.y8KMae.rst  | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-03-19-20-37-07.gh-issue-131435.y8KMae.rst

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-03-19-20-37-07.gh-issue-131435.y8KMae.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-03-19-20-37-07.gh-issue-131435.y8KMae.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+10-20% performance improvement of :func:`random.randint`.