[Rd] Buggy Kinderman-Ramage (PR#2846)

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Paul Gilbert wrote:

> Could you please supply complete details, including an example to
> reproduce the error message you get.
>
> The "Buggy Kinderman-Ramage" error message is produced when you try to
> force the use of an old RNG that is known to have bugs. Usually it
> should not appear, so I think you are doing something unusual.

And undocumented -- "Buggy Kinderman-Ramage" is not a documented value for 
normal.kind, so what happens when you use it (or any other undocumented 
value) is undefined.  (It is not a bug to fail to pick up every user 
error.)

>
> Paul Gilbert
>
> Shengqiao Li wrote:
>> Unfortunately, RNGkind is buggy. It will not generate warnings
>> except the full name "Buggy Kinderman-Ramage" is supplied for normal.kind.
>>
>> match.arg is supposed to be called before "==" comparison.

Quote your authority for this, please!

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