[Numpy-discussion] rand argument question

[Robert Kern]

Alan G Isaac wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Jun 2006, Robert Kern apparently wrote: 
> 
>>Changing the API of rand() and randn() doesn't solve any 
>>problem. Removing them might. 
> 
> I think this is too blunt an argument.  For example,
> use of the old interface might issue a deprecation warning.
> This would make it very likely that all new code use the new 
> interface.

My point is that there is no need to change rand() and randn() to the "new"
interface. The "new" interface is already there: random.random() and
random.standard_normal().

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
  -- Umberto Eco