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Add note about floating point weights in update_weights docs #1280

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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions src/distributions/weighted_index.rs
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Expand Up @@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ impl<X: SampleUniform + PartialOrd> WeightedIndex<X> {
/// allocation internally.
///
/// In case of error, `self` is not modified.
///
/// Note: Updating floating-point weights may cause slight inaccuracies in the total weight.
/// This method will not always return `WeightedError::AllWeightsZero` when all weights
/// are zero if using floating-point weights.
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pub fn update_weights(&mut self, new_weights: &[(usize, &X)]) -> Result<(), WeightedError>
where X: for<'a> ::core::ops::AddAssign<&'a X>
+ for<'a> ::core::ops::SubAssign<&'a X>
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