[Python-checkins] r69939 - python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library/random.rst

Tue Feb 24 13:49:33 CET 2009

Author: raymond.hettinger
Date: Tue Feb 24 13:49:33 2009
New Revision: 69939
Log:
random.py: sync-up 3.0 docs from 3.1 updates.
Modified:
 python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library/random.rst
Modified: python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library/random.rst
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--- python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library/random.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library/random.rst	Tue Feb 24 13:49:33 2009
@@ -159,9 +159,11 @@
 
 .. function:: expovariate(lambd)
 
- Exponential distribution. *lambd* is 1.0 divided by the desired mean. (The
- parameter would be called "lambda", but that is a reserved word in Python.)
- Returned values range from 0 to positive infinity.
+ Exponential distribution. *lambd* is 1.0 divided by the desired
+ mean. It should be nonzero. (The parameter would be called
+ "lambda", but that is a reserved word in Python.) Returned values
+ range from 0 to positive infinity if *lambd* is positive, and from
+ negative infinity to 0 if *lambd* is negative.
 
 
 .. function:: gammavariate(alpha, beta)
