[Numpy-discussion] ANN: SciPy 1.5.1

2020-07-04 Thread Tyler Reddy
Hi all, On behalf of the SciPy development team I'm pleased to announce the release of SciPy 1.5.1, which is a bug fix release. Sources and binary wheels can be found at: https://pypi.org/project/scipy/ and at: https://github.com/scipy/scipy/releases/tag/v1.5.1 One of a few ways to install this

Re: [Numpy-discussion] reseed random generator (1.19)

2020-07-04 Thread Robert Kern
On Sat, Jul 4, 2020, 2:39 PM Neal Becker wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 1:56 PM Robert Kern wrote: > > >> >> 3. Is there a way of telling the number of draws a generator did? >>> >>> The use case is to checkpoint the number of draws and `.advance` the >>> bit generator when resuming fr

Re: [Numpy-discussion] reseed random generator (1.19)

2020-07-04 Thread Neal Becker
On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 1:56 PM Robert Kern wrote: > > 3. Is there a way of telling the number of draws a generator did? >> >> The use case is to checkpoint the number of draws and `.advance` the >> bit generator when resuming from the checkpoint. (The runs are longer >> then the batch queue

Re: [Numpy-discussion] reseed random generator (1.19)

2020-07-04 Thread Robert Kern
On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 1:03 PM Evgeni Burovski wrote: > Thanks Kevin, thanks Robert, this is very helpful! > > I'd strongly agree with Matti that your explanations could/should make > it to the docs. Maybe it's something for the GSoD. > > While we're on the subject, one comment and two (hopefully

Re: [Numpy-discussion] reseed random generator (1.19)

2020-07-04 Thread Evgeni Burovski
Thanks Kevin, thanks Robert, this is very helpful! I'd strongly agree with Matti that your explanations could/should make it to the docs. Maybe it's something for the GSoD. While we're on the subject, one comment and two (hopefully last) questions: 1. My two cents w.r.t. `np.random.simple_seed()

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Google Summer of Docs Faq and Tutorial Proposed Structure .

2020-07-04 Thread Ben Nathanson
If you do choose how-tos, I meant to say that the first place to mine should be this very list. For instance, a question the other day on seeding random sequences sparked an illuminating and far-reaching discussion. Some things that make this list a great source: * Extracting how-tos from the ma

[Numpy-discussion] Google Summer of Docs Faq and Tutorial Proposed Structure .

2020-07-04 Thread Ben Nathanson
Let me first say I'm a volunteer and not a member of the group that will evaluate proposals. But I can tell you how I would choose. A right-sized proposal is stronger than an overambitious one. I'd scale back and pick a single target. From your listed experience, this would be your first significa