From ihaka@stat.auckland.ac.nz  Mon May 12 22:14:03 1997
From: ihaka@stat.auckland.ac.nz (Ross Ihaka)
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 09:14:03 +1200 (NZST)
Subject: R-alpha: Hypergeometric Distribution
In-Reply-To: <199705120617.IAA26676@aragorn.ci.tuwien.ac.at>
References: <199705120035.MAA05932@stat1.stat.auckland.ac.nz>
 <199705120617.IAA26676@aragorn.ci.tuwien.ac.at>
Message-ID: <199705122114.JAA02547@stat1.stat.auckland.ac.nz>

Kurt Hornik writes:
 > Note that the problem with `rhyper(5,200,250,60)' never returning still
 > seems to exist.

We have a fix for this.  There was a typo in the underlying generator
code.  (I'm trying to avoid piecemeal fixes, but the dhyper / phyper /
qhyper one seemed rather nasty and the cause of a number of bug
reports).  More complete patch soon.
	Ross
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R-alpha: Hypergeometric Distribution
Ross Ihaka