On Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 2:10 PM David G. Johnston <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 8:40 AM Matemática A3K <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> The probabilistic distribution used in random() and random(min, max) >> is not stated (whereas in random_normal() is). > > > The docs make the, IMO, reasonable assumption that "all values have an equal > chance of appearing" is what people understand by a simple "random" selection > procedure. Calling it uniform when the target audience may not usually be > exposed to the terminology is not necessarily helpful here.
In my terms, this would be something like "Accuracy was traded in order to better convey the idea to the audience". I find this to be valid although I don't share it nor I think the documentation is built upon it, but this is just my opinion, thanks for sharing yours.
