[Numpy-discussion] NEP: Random Number Generator Policy

[Robert Kern]

On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 8:56 PM Stephan Hoyer <shoyer at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a little weird; "mtrand" is an implementation detail already.
>>> There's exactly 3 instances of that in scikit-learn, so replacing those
>>> with a sane name (with a long timeline, say 4 numpy versions at least plus
>>> a major version number bump) doesn't seem unreasonable.
>>>
>>
>> Everything in this paragraph is explicitly just about the initial release
>> with the new subsystem. A following paragraph says that we should revisit
>> all of these in following releases.
>>
>
> This already read a little strangely to me -- it sounded like an
> indefinite pronouncement. It would be good to clarify :).
>

 Fair enough. How does this language strike you?

https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/11356/commits/15af58f7b1358d430a1af3c12f34a5024735d072

-- 
Robert Kern
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