[Python-checkins] r73380 - in python/branches/py3k: Doc/library/random.rst Lib/random.py
raymond.hettinger
python-checkins at python.org
Fri Jun 12 01:12:14 CEST 2009
Author: raymond.hettinger
Date: Fri Jun 12 01:12:14 2009
New Revision: 73380
Log:
Issue 6261: Clarify behavior of random.uniform().
Modified:
python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/random.rst
python/branches/py3k/Lib/random.py
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/random.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/random.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/random.rst Fri Jun 12 01:12:14 2009
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@
Return a random floating point number *N* such that ``a <= N <= b`` for
``a <= b`` and ``b <= N <= a`` for ``b < a``.
+ The end-point value ``b`` may or may not be included in the range
+ depending on floating-point rounding in the equation ``a + (b-a) * random()``.
.. function:: triangular(low, high, mode)
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Lib/random.py
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Lib/random.py (original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Lib/random.py Fri Jun 12 01:12:14 2009
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
## -------------------- uniform distribution -------------------
def uniform(self, a, b):
- """Get a random number in the range [a, b)."""
+ "Get a random number in the range [a, b) or [a, b] depending on rounding."
return a + (b-a) * self.random()
## -------------------- triangular --------------------
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