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Random doc still talks about MersenneTwister instead of xoroshiro #41346

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Seelengrab opened this issue Jun 24, 2021 · 0 comments · Fixed by #41353 or #41382
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Random doc still talks about MersenneTwister instead of xoroshiro #41346

Seelengrab opened this issue Jun 24, 2021 · 0 comments · Fixed by #41353 or #41382
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Seelengrab commented Jun 24, 2021 •
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#40546 changed the default task-local RNG (as well as the default RNG) to Xoroshiro from Mersenne Twister, but the documentation still opens with an introduction to MersenneTwister. I think this needs to be adjusted before 1.7 is released, else the documentation is incorrect.
@oscardssmith oscardssmith added this to the 1.7 milestone Jun 24, 2021
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fix #41346, update Random docs for Xoshiro256++
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fix #41346, update Random docs for Xoshiro256++
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fix #41346, update Random docs for Xoshiro256++ (#41353)
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fix #41346, update Random docs for Xoshiro256++ (#41353)
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(cherry picked from commit 7c566b1)
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fix JuliaLang#41346, update Random docs for Xoshiro256++ (JuliaLang#4…
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