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diff --git a/Doc/library/statistics.rst b/Doc/library/statistics.rst index e6c5959..4e77838 100644 --- a/Doc/library/statistics.rst +++ b/Doc/library/statistics.rst @@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ This module provides functions for calculating mathematical statistics of numeric (:class:`Real`-valued) data. +.. note:: + + Unless explicitly noted otherwise, these functions support :class:`int`, + :class:`float`, :class:`decimal.Decimal` and :class:`fractions.Fraction`. + Behaviour with other types (whether in the numeric tower or not) is + currently unsupported. Mixed types are also undefined and + implementation-dependent. If your input data consists of mixed types, + you may be able to use :func:`map` to ensure a consistent result, e.g. + ``map(float, input_data)``. + Averages and measures of central location ----------------------------------------- |