Move binomialvariate() to a section for discrete distributions (GH-102955)

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index 3c4291f..586c3f7 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
            negative exponential
            gamma
            beta
-           binomial
            pareto
            Weibull
 
@@ -33,6 +32,11 @@
            circular uniform
            von Mises
 
+    discrete distributions
+    ----------------------
+           binomial
+
+
 General notes on the underlying Mersenne Twister core generator:
 
 * The period is 2**19937-1.
@@ -731,6 +735,26 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
             return y / (y + self.gammavariate(beta, 1.0))
         return 0.0
 
+    def paretovariate(self, alpha):
+        """Pareto distribution.  alpha is the shape parameter."""
+        # Jain, pg. 495
+
+        u = 1.0 - self.random()
+        return u ** (-1.0 / alpha)
+
+    def weibullvariate(self, alpha, beta):
+        """Weibull distribution.
+
+        alpha is the scale parameter and beta is the shape parameter.
+
+        """
+        # Jain, pg. 499; bug fix courtesy Bill Arms
+
+        u = 1.0 - self.random()
+        return alpha * (-_log(u)) ** (1.0 / beta)
+
+
+    ## -------------------- discrete  distributions  ---------------------
 
     def binomialvariate(self, n=1, p=0.5):
         """Binomial random variable.
@@ -816,25 +840,6 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
                 return k
 
 
-    def paretovariate(self, alpha):
-        """Pareto distribution.  alpha is the shape parameter."""
-        # Jain, pg. 495
-
-        u = 1.0 - self.random()
-        return u ** (-1.0 / alpha)
-
-    def weibullvariate(self, alpha, beta):
-        """Weibull distribution.
-
-        alpha is the scale parameter and beta is the shape parameter.
-
-        """
-        # Jain, pg. 499; bug fix courtesy Bill Arms
-
-        u = 1.0 - self.random()
-        return alpha * (-_log(u)) ** (1.0 / beta)
-
-
 ## ------------------------------------------------------------------
 ## --------------- Operating System Random Source  ------------------