From 09473ac0636c16c0ee96c4caf59f3da8ba8b4a57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 14:53:14 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Remove unnecessary and over-restrictive type check (GH-10905)

---
 Lib/random.py | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index a7a86070c0..03c058a39d 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -718,8 +718,6 @@ class SystemRandom(Random):
         """getrandbits(k) -> x.  Generates an int with k random bits."""
         if k <= 0:
             raise ValueError('number of bits must be greater than zero')
-        if k != int(k):
-            raise TypeError('number of bits should be an integer')
         numbytes = (k + 7) // 8                       # bits / 8 and rounded up
         x = int.from_bytes(_urandom(numbytes), 'big')
         return x >> (numbytes * 8 - k)                # trim excess bits
-- 
2.49.0