Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #8491: boost::random::discrete_distribution ignores the first element

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #8491: boost::random::discrete_distribution ignores the first element
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-05-29 21:38:05

#8491: boost::random::discrete_distribution ignores the first element
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  Reporter:  astralstorm@…          |       Owner:  no-maintainer
      Type:  Bugs                   |      Status:  reopened     
 Milestone:  To Be Determined       |   Component:  random       
   Version:  Boost 1.53.0           |    Severity:  Showstopper  
Resolution:                         |    Keywords:               
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Changes (by anonymous):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  invalid =>

Comment:

 The weights are not negative in this testcase - the probs array is
 actually printed out. Please run the testcase. It offsets them so that
 they become non-negative.

 For negative weights, such a normalization should be done within boost
 anyway I think, but then the special value would have to be -infty instead
 of 0 to give probability 0, which is an API change.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/8491#comment:2>
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