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authorSebastian Berg <sebastianb@nvidia.com>2023-02-13 20:26:20 +0100
committerSebastian Berg <sebastianb@nvidia.com>2023-02-14 20:19:28 +0100
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DOC: Refer to bitgenerator and rename bitgen
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@@ -130,15 +130,15 @@ of 12 instances:
.. end_block
If you already have an initial random generator instance, you can shorten
-the above by using the `~Generator.spawn` method:
+the above by using the `~BitGenerator.spawn` method:
.. code-block:: python
from numpy.random import PCG64, SeedSequence
# High quality initial entropy
entropy = 0x87351080e25cb0fad77a44a3be03b491
- base_rng = PCG(entropy)
- generators = base_rng.spawn(12)
+ base_bitgen = PCG64(entropy)
+ generators = base_bitgen.spawn(12)
An alternative way is to use the fact that a `~SeedSequence` can be initialized
by a tuple of elements. Here we use a base entropy value and an integer