[Rd] n=1 default for random number generators
Prof Brian Ripley
ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Mon Nov 16 17:38:44 CET 2009
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Richard Cotton wrote:
>
> One tiny thing that would be very nice to have is a default value of n=1 in
> the random number generator functions, enabling, e.g., runif() instead of
> runif(1). This won't break anyone's existing code and ought to be
> relatively straightforward to do.
>
> Is there anyone in the core team who would be willing to include this
> change?
For those in base R (not all are, of course), if someone makes a
persuasive case (not just says 'would be very nice to have': e.g.
produces statistics of usage by a wide group of users showing that is
a commonly used value of 'n') and supplies a complete patch (to the
help as well as the code).
> -----
> Regards,
> Richie.
>
> Mathematical Sciences Unit
> HSL
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