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| author | leodema <leodema@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-12-24 06:54:25 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-12-24 06:54:25 (GMT) |
| commit | 63d152232e1742660f481c04a811f824b91f6790 (patch) | |
| tree | d7556879b3d774444c485e791cdcfde274d175e4 /Misc | |
| parent | b7105c9c9663637e4500bfcac75c911e78d9a1c0 (diff) | |
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bpo-30561: Sync-up expovariate() and gammavariate code (GH-1934)
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-12-23-22-27-59.bpo-30561.PSRQ2w.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-12-23-22-27-59.bpo-30561.PSRQ2w.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ae99b7c --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-12-23-22-27-59.bpo-30561.PSRQ2w.rst @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +random.gammavariate(1.0, beta) now computes the same result as +random.expovariate(1.0 / beta). This synchonizes the two algorithms and +eliminates some idiosyncrasies in the old implementation. It does however +produce a difference stream of random variables than it used to. |