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This PR adds an exponential generator to both QCheck and QCheck2, using a mapping from a uniform [0;1] distribution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationships_among_probability_distributions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_distribution#Random_variate_generation
All of them takes a mean/average parameter, e.g.,
exponential 10.
, and results in a distribution where samples approximate that mean/average:We've found the combinator useful in QCheck-STM to generate
cmd
lists of a reasonable length ocaml-multicore/multicoretests#472 but thought the combinator could be more generally useful.We may even consider switching our
list
,array
,string
, andbytes
generators to output lengths following such an exponential distribution, but that will be for another day - and PR...