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Slight documentation quirk for random.random #47872

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amc1 mannequin opened this issue Aug 20, 2008 · 2 comments
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Slight documentation quirk for random.random #47872

amc1 mannequin opened this issue Aug 20, 2008 · 2 comments
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amc1 mannequin commented Aug 20, 2008

BPO 3622
Nosy @birkenfeld, @amauryfa

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amc1 mannequin commented Aug 20, 2008

The documentation for random.random function shows this:
random() -> x in the interval [0, 1).

That should either be "[0, 1]" or "(0, 1)".

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[0, 1) denotes an interval, not a python object; 0 is included, 1 is
excluded.

And it follows (one of) the standard syntax to express intervals:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_notation

@ezio-melotti ezio-melotti transferred this issue from another repository Apr 10, 2022
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