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author | zoj <44142765+zoj613@users.noreply.github.com> | 2021-04-17 11:21:44 +0200 |
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committer | zoj <44142765+zoj613@users.noreply.github.com> | 2021-04-17 11:33:47 +0200 |
commit | 8f10be19469eefba16446172132f9f68389fd31c (patch) | |
tree | 29ae72202ad20a6f06f8bc76b27bb92d9bddf4ad /doc/source/reference/random | |
parent | a1b8d3c1d54d9e6efb79492754f0744be4c8a353 (diff) | |
download | numpy-8f10be19469eefba16446172132f9f68389fd31c.tar.gz |
DOC: Update random c-api documentation
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/source/reference/random/c-api.rst | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/source/reference/random/c-api.rst b/doc/source/reference/random/c-api.rst index a79da7a49..7c7996115 100644 --- a/doc/source/reference/random/c-api.rst +++ b/doc/source/reference/random/c-api.rst @@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ The functions are named with the following conventions: - The functions without "standard" in their name require additional parameters to describe the distributions. -- ``zig`` in the name are based on a ziggurat lookup algorithm is used instead - of calculating the ``log``, which is significantly faster. The non-ziggurat - variants are used in corner cases and for legacy compatibility. +- Functions with ``inv`` in their name are based on the slower inverse method + instead of a ziggurat lookup algorithm, which is significantly faster. The + non-ziggurat variants are used in corner cases and for legacy compatibility. .. c:function:: double random_standard_uniform(bitgen_t *bitgen_state) @@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ The functions are named with the following conventions: .. c:function:: void random_standard_exponential_fill(bitgen_t *bitgen_state, npy_intp cnt, double *out) +.. c:function:: void random_standard_exponential_inv_fill(bitgen_t *bitgen_state, npy_intp cnt, double *out) + .. c:function:: double random_standard_normal(bitgen_t* bitgen_state) .. c:function:: void random_standard_normal_fill(bitgen_t *bitgen_state, npy_intp count, double *out) @@ -69,6 +71,8 @@ The functions are named with the following conventions: .. c:function:: void random_standard_exponential_fill_f(bitgen_t *bitgen_state, npy_intp cnt, float *out) +.. c:function:: void random_standard_exponential_inv_fill_f(bitgen_t *bitgen_state, npy_intp cnt, float *out) + .. c:function:: float random_standard_normal_f(bitgen_t* bitgen_state) .. c:function:: float random_standard_gamma_f(bitgen_t *bitgen_state, float shape) |