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authorSteve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com>2014-08-18 15:50:42 -0400
committerSteve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com>2014-08-18 17:46:18 -0400
commitc88feffde4f5043adf07a6837026f228e20b67e6 (patch)
tree7acb0fd75602798e5245bd2fb676db7c73f1a1fa
parentf8a9211740561b1e177e5e36c1b1a6ce923492e8 (diff)
Make comment about small bias in %.
Fixes #16354.
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@@ -1894,7 +1894,8 @@ Also, you may wonder why we are using `%` on the result of `rand::random()`.
 This operator is called 'modulo', and it returns the remainder of a division.
 By taking the modulo of the result of `rand::random()`, we're limiting the
 values to be between 0 and 99. Then, we add one to the result, making it from 1
-to 100.
+to 100. Using modulo can give you a very, very small bias in the result, but
+for this example, it is not important.
 
 Let's try to compile this using `cargo build`: