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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _initialize_random_state(self, seed=None, shared=True, name=None):
 """ Initialization method to be called in the constructor of subclasses to initialize the random state correctly. If seed is None, there is no control over the random stream (no reproducibility of the stream). If shared is True (and not time-dependent), the random state is shared across all objects of the given class. This can be overridden per object by creating new random state to assign to the random_generator parameter. """

        if seed is None: # Equivalent to an uncontrolled seed.
            seed = random.Random().randint(0, 1000000)
            suffix = ''
        else:
            suffix = str(seed)

        # If time_dependent, independent state required: otherwise
        # time-dependent seeding (via hash) will affect shared
        # state. Note that if all objects have time_dependent=True
        # shared random state is safe and more memory efficient.
        if self.time_dependent or not shared:
            self.random_generator = type(self.random_generator)(seed)

        # Seed appropriately (if not shared)
        if not shared:
            self.random_generator.seed(seed)

        if name is None:
            self._verify_constrained_hash()

        hash_name = name if name else self.name
        if not shared:  hash_name += suffix
        self._hashfn = Hash(hash_name, input_count=2)

        if self.time_dependent:
            self._hash_and_seed()