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| author | Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-07-19 08:56:42 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-07-19 08:56:42 (GMT) |
| commit | 8dbe563aa6bd18b8c581951537dfb406d36e8063 (patch) | |
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bpo-37624: Document weight assumptions for random.choices() (GH-14855)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst index fcedba4..90b8624 100644 --- a/Doc/library/random.rst +++ b/Doc/library/random.rst @@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ Functions for sequences The *weights* or *cum_weights* can use any numeric type that interoperates with the :class:`float` values returned by :func:`random` (that includes - integers, floats, and fractions but excludes decimals). + integers, floats, and fractions but excludes decimals). Weights are + assumed to be non-negative. For a given seed, the :func:`choices` function with equal weighting typically produces a different sequence than repeated calls to |