Hello all, I have a PR open here <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/7151> that makes "low" an optional parameter in numpy.randint and introduces new behavior into the API as follows:
1) `low == None` and `high == None` Numbers are generated over the range `[lowbnd, highbnd)`, where `lowbnd = np.iinfo(dtype).min`, and `highbnd = np.iinfo(dtype).max`, where `dtype` is the provided integral type. 2) `low != None` and `high == None` If `low >= 0`, numbers are <b>still</b> generated over the range `[0, low)`, but if `low` < 0, numbers are generated over the range `[low, highbnd)`, where `highbnd` is defined as above. 3) `low == None` and `high != None` Numbers are generated over the range `[lowbnd, high)`, where `lowbnd` is defined as above. The primary motivation was the second case, as it is more convenient to specify a 'dtype' by itself when generating such numbers in a similar vein to numpy.empty, except with initialized values. Looking forward to your feedback! Greg
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