runif limited precision
On 02/01/2009 4:16 PM, Stavros Macrakis wrote:
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca> wrote:
On 02/01/2009 2:45 PM, Stavros Macrakis wrote:
...So I'd think that either runif should give full precision or its documentation should mention this limitation.
It refers to the .Random.seed page for details, and that page mentions the limitation to at most 2^32 different values for most of the generators.
Indeed it does -- thanks for the pointer! I still think it would be helpful to the user to mention the limitation in the individual r<dist> doc pages, as not many users are likely to work through the very complete RNG doc page.
I don't agree. If you add too much technical detail to a topic, then people don't "work through it". I'd say the r<dist> pages generally give enough detail now, but not too much. If you add every detail that might interest someone somewhere, then they'd all be hard to read. Duncan Murdoch