b67cbbda3a
Minor clarification (GH-22708)
2020-10-14 23:41:55 -07:00
f2bd04f689
Improve recipe readability (GH-22685)
2020-10-13 16:41:26 -07:00
8b2ff4c03d
Add recipe for a version of random() with a larger population (GH-22664)
2020-10-13 11:54:21 -07:00
b0dfc75816
bpo-41773: Raise exception for non-finite weights in random.choices(). (GH-22441)
2020-09-28 18:32:10 -07:00
e8a2076e14
Revert "Fix all Python Cookbook links ( #22205 )" (GH-22424)
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This commit reverts commit ac0333e1e1
2020-09-27 01:47:25 +01:00
ac0333e1e1
Fix all Python Cookbook links ( #22205 )
2020-09-15 21:13:26 +01:00
e16d2f7c37
Improve output summary in the examples and recipes section (GH-20285)
2020-05-21 01:37:38 -07:00
81a5fc38e8
bpo-40541: Add optional *counts* parameter to random.sample() (GH-19970)
2020-05-08 07:53:15 -07:00
f01d1be97d
bpo-40286: Put methods in correct sections. Add security notice to use secrets for session tokens. (GH-19870)
2020-05-04 22:52:13 -07:00
8aab84312e
Fix missing space in docs(GH-19866)
2020-05-02 16:50:47 -07:00
190fac99c5
bpo-40465: Deprecate the optional argument to random.shuffle(). ( #19867 )
2020-05-02 16:45:32 -07:00
d3a8d616fa
Small improvements to the recipes and examples. (GH-19635)
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* Add underscores to long numbers to improve readability
* Use bigger dataset in the bootstrapping example
* Convert single-server queue example to more useful multi-server queue
2020-04-21 16:11:00 -07:00
4fe002045f
bpo-40325: Deprecate set object support in random.sample() (GH-19591)
2020-04-19 00:36:42 -07:00
75a3378810
bpo-40282: Allow random.getrandbits(0) (GH-19539)
2020-04-17 19:32:14 +02:00
9f5fe7910f
bpo-40286: Add randbytes() method to random.Random (GH-19527)
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Add random.randbytes() function and random.Random.randbytes()
method to generate random bytes.
Modify secrets.token_bytes() to use SystemRandom.randbytes()
rather than calling directly os.urandom().
Rename also genrand_int32() to genrand_uint32(), since it returns an
unsigned 32-bit integer, not a signed integer.
The _random module is now built with Py_BUILD_CORE_MODULE defined.
2020-04-17 19:05:35 +02:00
58a4054760
Doc: Fix s/pseudo random/pseudo-random/ (GH-18289)
2020-01-31 10:50:14 +01:00
041d8b48a2
bpo-38881: choices() raises ValueError when all weights are zero (GH-17362)
2019-11-23 02:22:13 -08:00
d0cdeaab76
bpo-32554: Deprecate hashing arbitrary types in random.seed() (GH-15382)
2019-08-22 09:19:36 -07:00
8dbe563aa6
bpo-37624: Document weight assumptions for random.choices() (GH-14855)
2019-07-19 01:56:42 -07:00
31e8d69bfe
bpo-33783: Use proper class markup for random.Random docs (GHè7817)
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Signed-off-by: Matthias Bussonnier <bussonniermatthias@gmail.com>
2019-04-16 18:47:11 +02:00
47d9987247
bpo-35904: Add statistics.fmean() (GH-11892)
2019-02-21 15:06:29 -08:00
9abb725cea
Improve readability of random module examples (GH-11884)
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Based on reviewer feedback from Allen Downey, convert ``lambda`` to ``def``.
2019-02-15 12:40:18 -08:00
40ebe948e9
Document differences between random.choices() and random.choice(). (GH-11703)
2019-01-30 13:30:20 -08:00
71c62e14aa
Neaten-up and extend the examples in the random module docs.
2016-12-04 11:00:34 -08:00
0264e46caa
Issue #28763 : Use double hyphens (rendered as en-dashes) in numerical ranges
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in the documentation.
2016-11-26 13:49:59 +02:00
c7b1a0bbe2
Issue #28763 : Use double hyphens (rendered as en-dashes) in numerical ranges
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in the documentation.
2016-11-26 13:43:28 +02:00
7f94619555
Fix grammar
2016-11-21 15:13:18 -08:00
1149d9326e
Add analysis section to motivate the single server queue example
2016-11-21 14:13:07 -08:00
e1329105b3
Misc readability and organization improvements for the random docs
2016-11-21 12:33:50 -08:00
0537405ec1
Add a seealso section for further reference and skill building
2016-11-21 10:52:04 -08:00
8ab1258b58
Simplify code in an example
2016-11-21 10:16:01 -08:00
6befb64172
Extend and improve the examples for the random module
2016-11-21 01:59:39 -08:00
a3950e42b0
Small edits to the docs for sample() and shuffle().
2016-11-17 01:49:54 -08:00
0a1a909fe2
Further refinements to the examples and recipes for the random module
2016-11-17 00:45:35 -08:00
00305ade58
Add another example to the recipes section of the random docs
2016-11-16 22:56:11 -08:00
2589ee3e2b
Minor touch-ups to the random module examples
2016-11-16 21:34:17 -08:00
16ef5d4ae1
Add cum_weights example (simulation of a cumulative binomial distribution).
2016-10-31 22:53:52 -07:00
1c3a121bb0
Issue #18844 : Fix-up examples for random.choices(). Remove over-specified test.
2016-10-12 01:42:10 -04:00
9016f2864a
Issue #18844 : Make the number of selections a keyword-only argument for random.choices().
2016-09-26 21:45:57 -07:00
f5b7c7bfc1
Improve recipe by showing results of intermediate steps
2016-09-05 13:15:02 -07:00
16eb827b33
Improve docs for random.seed()
2016-09-04 11:17:28 -07:00
28aa4a0684
Rename weighted_choices() to just choices()
2016-09-07 00:08:44 -07:00
e8f1e002c6
Issue #18844 : Add random.weighted_choices()
2016-09-06 17:15:29 -07:00
c7fac12f19
Merge
2016-09-05 13:15:20 -07:00
6579502c7e
Merge
2016-09-04 11:17:48 -07:00
b2871faa87
Documentation for secrets.py
2016-04-17 01:42:33 +10:00
5d94134040
Closes #25910 : fix dead and permanently redirected links in the docs. Thanks to SilentGhost for the patch.
2016-02-26 19:37:12 +01:00
92849d1721
Closes #20169 : fix inner links random doc.
2016-02-19 08:57:38 +01:00
c89a451ae1
By popular demand, add back a security warning.
2014-05-11 02:26:23 -07:00
a7894f7f4c
Remove the redundant and poorly worded warning message.
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The paragraph above already says, clearly and correctly, that
"However, being completely deterministic, it is not suitable for
all purposes, and is completely unsuitable for cryptographic purposes."
Also we should make any promises about SystemRandom or os.urandom()
being cryptographically secure (they may be, but be can't validate
that promise). Further, those are actual random number generators
not psuedo-random number generators.
2014-05-10 14:05:28 -07:00
Raymond Hettinger
Ram Rachum
Andre Delfino
Mathieu Dupuy
Antoine Pitrou
Victor Stinner
Julien Palard
Matthias Bussonnier
Raymond Hettinger
Serhiy Storchaka
Steven D'Aprano
Georg Brandl