[Python-checkins] Minor clarification (GH-22708) (GH-22709)
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/78723b378b2529dd79f6754a514681e4920aef3e
commit: 78723b378b2529dd79f6754a514681e4920aef3e
branch: 3.9
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date: 2020-10-15T00:09:33-07:00
summary:
Minor clarification (GH-22708) (GH-22709)
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M Doc/library/random.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
index d37fd9cbd8e17..f9535d7d1b9a2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -545,9 +545,9 @@ Recipes
The default :func:`.random` returns multiples of 2⁻⁵³ in the range
*0.0 ≤ x < 1.0*. All such numbers are evenly spaced and are exactly
-representable as Python floats. However, many floats in that interval
-are not possible selections. For example, ``0.05954861408025609``
-isn't an integer multiple of 2⁻⁵³.
+representable as Python floats. However, many other representable
+floats in that interval are not possible selections. For example,
+``0.05954861408025609`` isn't an integer multiple of 2⁻⁵³.
The following recipe takes a different approach. All floats in the
interval are possible selections. The mantissa comes from a uniform
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