Raymond, The Doc/reference/datamodel.rst change appears unrelated and wasn't in the 3.x version of this commit. Was the change intentional?
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:52 PM, raymond.hettinger < python-check...@python.org> wrote: > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/42816be02b9b > changeset: 68845:42816be02b9b > branch: 2.7 > parent: 68841:50cc60852a76 > user: Raymond Hettinger <pyt...@rcn.com> > date: Tue Mar 22 15:52:46 2011 -0700 > summary: > Issue 10787: Document the probability density function for > random.gammavariate. > > files: > Doc/reference/datamodel.rst > Lib/random.py > > diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst > --- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst > +++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst > @@ -1540,10 +1540,10 @@ > > The following methods only apply when an instance of the class containing > the > method (a so-called *descriptor* class) appears in the class dictionary of > -another new-style class, known as the *owner* class. In the examples > below, "the > -attribute" refers to the attribute whose name is the key of the property > in the > -owner class' ``__dict__``. Descriptors can only be implemented as > new-style > -classes themselves. > +another new-style class (known as the *owner* class) or one of its > +descendants. In the examples below, "the attribute" refers to the > attribute > +whose name is the key of the property in the owner class' ``__dict__``. > +Descriptors can only be implemented as new-style classes themselves. > > > .. method:: object.__get__(self, instance, owner) > diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py > --- a/Lib/random.py > +++ b/Lib/random.py > @@ -490,6 +490,12 @@ > > Conditions on the parameters are alpha > 0 and beta > 0. > > + The probability distribution function is: > + > + x ** (alpha - 1) * math.exp(-x / beta) > + pdf(x) = -------------------------------------- > + math.gamma(alpha) * beta ** alpha > + > """ > > # alpha > 0, beta > 0, mean is alpha*beta, variance is > alpha*beta**2 > > -- > Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython > > _______________________________________________ > Python-checkins mailing list > python-check...@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-checkins > > -- Daniel Stutzbach
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