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diff --git a/doc/source/reference/random/legacy.rst b/doc/source/reference/random/legacy.rst index 413a42727..922d76a9a 100644 --- a/doc/source/reference/random/legacy.rst +++ b/doc/source/reference/random/legacy.rst @@ -121,3 +121,71 @@ Distributions ~RandomState.wald ~RandomState.weibull ~RandomState.zipf + +Functions in `numpy.random` +=========================== +Many of the RandomState methods above are exported as functions in +`numpy.random` This usage is discouraged, as it is implemented via a gloabl +`RandomState` instance which is not advised on two counts: + +- It uses global state, which means results will change as the code changes + +- It uses a `RandomState` rather than the more modern `Generator`. + +For backward compatible legacy reasons, we cannot change this. See +`random-quick-start`. + +.. autosummary:: + :toctree: generated/ + + beta + binomial + bytes + chisquare + choice + dirichlet + exponential + f + gamma + geometric + get_state + gumbel + hypergeometric + laplace + logistic + lognormal + logseries + multinomial + multivariate_normal + negative_binomial + noncentral_chisquare + noncentral_f + normal + pareto + permutation + poisson + power + rand + randint + randn + random + random_integers + random_sample + ranf + rayleigh + sample + seed + set_state + shuffle + standard_cauchy + standard_exponential + standard_gamma + standard_normal + standard_t + triangular + uniform + vonmises + wald + weibull + zipf + |