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15 changes: 14 additions & 1 deletion src/distribution/gumbel.rs
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Expand Up @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ impl core::fmt::Display for Gumbel {
impl ::rand::distr::Distribution<f64> for Gumbel {
fn sample<R: rand::Rng + ?Sized>(&self, r: &mut R) -> f64 {
let x = ::rand::RngExt::random::<f64>(r);
self.location - self.scale * ((-x).ln()).ln()
self.location - self.scale * (-x.ln()).ln()

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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rand 0.10.0 StandardUniform f64 [0, 1) Open01 documentation

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In the rand crate version 0.10.0, the StandardUniform distribution samples floating-point types (f32, f64) uniformly from the half-open interval [0, 1) [1][2][3]. Key details regarding StandardUniform and Open01 in rand 0.10.0: StandardUniform - Functionality: Represents the default distribution for a type, providing uniform sampling [1][3]. - Floating-point range: Samples from [0, 1) (inclusive of 0, exclusive of 1) [1][2][3]. - API Changes: In version 0.10.0, the distribution previously named Standard was renamed to StandardUniform, and the module rand::distributions was renamed to rand::distr [4]. Open01 - Functionality: A specific distribution used to sample floating-point numbers uniformly from the open interval (0, 1) (exclusive of both 0 and 1) [1][5]. - Implementation: It utilizes a transmute-based method for conversion [5]. While it yields one bit less precision compared to StandardUniform, it may offer better performance on some architectures [2][3][5]. For additional context, OpenClosed01 is also available, which samples from the half-open interval (0, 1] (exclusive of 0, inclusive of 1) [1][6][3]. There is no built-in option to sample from the closed interval [1] as the probability of hitting the endpoints is typically negligible in practical applications [1][3].

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Use an open-interval distribution for Gumbel sampling.

RngExt::random::<f64> uses StandardUniform, which samples from [0, 1). If it returns 0.0, (-x.ln()).ln() produces -infinity, so sample can return a non-finite value. Use rand::distr::Open01.

Proposed fix 
-        let x = ::rand::RngExt::random::<f64>(r);
+        let x: f64 = ::rand::RngExt::sample(r, ::rand::distr::Open01);
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In `@src/distribution/gumbel.rs` at line 121, Update the Gumbel sampling
implementation around the expression using x.ln() to draw x from
rand::distr::Open01 instead of the default StandardUniform distribution.
Preserve the existing location and scale calculation while ensuring x is
strictly greater than zero so the sampled result remains finite.

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}
}

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create_ok(0.0, f64::INFINITY);
}

#[test]
#[cfg(feature = "rand")]
fn test_sample() {
use rand::{distr::Distribution as _, rngs::StdRng, SeedableRng};

let mut rng = StdRng::seed_from_u64(437);
let n = create_ok(0.0, 1.0);
for _ in 0..20 {
let s = n.sample(&mut rng);
assert!(s.is_finite(), "sample was {s}");
}
}

#[test]
fn test_bad_create() {
let invalid = [
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