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diff --git a/doc/release/1.11.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/1.11.0-notes.rst index b0ef00208..73beab52e 100644 --- a/doc/release/1.11.0-notes.rst +++ b/doc/release/1.11.0-notes.rst @@ -184,15 +184,23 @@ that will not be backward compatible. Invalid arguments for array ordering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -It is currently possible to pass in arguments for the ```order``` -parameter in methods like ```array.flatten``` or ```array.ravel``` +It is currently possible to pass in arguments for the ``order`` +parameter in methods like ``array.flatten`` or ``array.ravel`` that were not one of the following: 'C', 'F', 'A', 'K' (note that all of these possible values are unicode- and case-insensitive). Such behaviour will not be allowed in future releases. Random number generator in the ``testing`` namespace -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Python standard library random number generator was previously exposed in the ``testing`` namespace as ``testing.rand``. Using this generator is not recommended and it will be removed in a future release. Use generators from ``numpy.random`` namespace instead. + +Random integer generation on a closed interval +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +In accordance with the Python C API, which gives preference to the half-open +interval over the closed one, ``np.random.random_integers`` is being +deprecated in favor of calling ``np.random.randint``, which has been +enhanced with the ``dtype`` parameter as described under "New Features". +However, ``np.random.random_integers`` will not be removed anytime soon. |