Issue 6261: Clarify behavior of random.uniform().
diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
index 78c3cc0..b6b0b6c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@
Return a random floating point number *N* such that ``a <= N <= b`` for
``a <= b`` and ``b <= N <= a`` for ``b < a``.
+ The end-point value ``b`` may or may not be included in the range
+ depending on floating-point rounding in the equation ``a + (b-a) * random()``.
.. function:: triangular(low, high, mode)
diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index 8b4c38e..568de88 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
## -------------------- uniform distribution -------------------
def uniform(self, a, b):
- """Get a random number in the range [a, b)."""
+ "Get a random number in the range [a, b) or [a, b] depending on rounding."
return a + (b-a) * self.random()
## -------------------- triangular --------------------