Prepare 0.9.0-beta.0 (#1535)

- Update version numbers
- Update CHANGELOGs
- Add an extra benchmark

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,79 +8,86 @@ A [separate changelog is kept for rand_core](rand_core/CHANGELOG.md).
 
 You may also find the [Upgrade Guide](https://rust-random.github.io/book/update.html) useful.
 
-## [Unreleased]
-- Add `rand::distributions::WeightedIndex::{weight, weights, total_weight}` (#1420)
-- Add `IndexedRandom::choose_multiple_array`, `index::sample_array` (#1453, #1469)
-- Bump the MSRV to 1.63.0
-- Rename `Rng::gen` to `Rng::random` to avoid conflict with the new `gen` keyword in Rust 2024 (#1435)
-- Move all benchmarks to new `benches` crate (#1439) and migrate to Criterion (#1490)
-- Annotate panicking methods with `#[track_caller]` (#1442, #1447)
-- Enable feature `small_rng` by default (#1455)
-- Allow `UniformFloat::new` samples and `UniformFloat::sample_single` to yield `high` (#1462)
-- Fix portability of `rand::distributions::Slice` (#1469)
-- Rename `rand::distributions` to `rand::distr` (#1470)
-- The `serde1` feature has been renamed `serde` (#1477)
-- The implicit feature `rand_chacha` has been removed. This is enabled by `std_rng`. (#1473)
-- Mark `WeightError` as `#[non_exhaustive]` (#1480).
-- Add `p()` for `Bernoulli` to access probability (#1481)
-- Add `UniformUsize` and use to make `Uniform` for `usize` portable (#1487)
-- Require `Clone` and `AsRef` bound for `SeedableRng::Seed`. (#1491)
-- Improve SmallRng initialization performance (#1482)
-- Rename `Rng::gen_iter` to `random_iter` (#1500)
-- Rename `rand::thread_rng()` to `rand::rng()`, and remove from the prelude (#1506)
-- Remove `rand::random()` from the prelude (#1506)
-- Rename `Rng::gen_range` to `random_range`, `gen_bool` to `random_bool`, `gen_ratio` to `random_ratio` (#1505)
-- Rename `Standard` to `StandardUniform` (#1526)
-- Remove impl of `Distribution<Option<T>>` for `Standard` (#1526)
-- Remove `SmallRng::from_thread_rng` (#1532)
-- Remove first parameter (`rng`) of `ReseedingRng::new` (#1533)
-- Rename feature `getrandom` to `os_rng`
+## [0.9.0-beta.0] - 2024-11-25
+This is a pre-release. To depend on this version, use `rand = "=0.9.0-beta.0"` to prevent automatic updates (which can be expected to include breaking changes).
 
-## [0.9.0-alpha.1] - 2024-03-18
-- Add the `Slice::num_choices` method to the Slice distribution (#1402)
+### Security and unsafe
+- Policy: "rand is not a crypto library" (#1514)
+- Remove fork-protection from `ReseedingRng` and `ThreadRng`. Instead, it is recommended to call `ThreadRng::reseed` on fork. (#1379)
+- Use `zerocopy` to replace some `unsafe` code (#1349, #1393, #1446, #1502)
 
-### Generators
-- `ReseedingRng::reseed` also resets the random data cache.
-- Remove fork-protection from `ReseedingRng` and `ThreadRng`. Instead, it is recommended to call `ThreadRng::reseed` on fork.
-
-## [0.9.0-alpha.0] - 2024-02-18
-This is a pre-release. To depend on this version, use `rand = "=0.9.0-alpha.0"` to prevent automatic updates (which can be expected to include breaking changes).
+### Compilation options
+- Bump the MSRV to 1.63.0 (#1207, #1246, #1269, #1341, #1416, #1536); note that 1.60.0 may work for dependents when using `--ignore-rust-version`
+- Support `std` feature without `getrandom` or `rand_chacha` (#1354)
+- Improve `thread_rng` related docs (#1257)
+- The `serde1` feature has been renamed `serde` (#1477)
+- The implicit feature `rand_chacha` has been removed. This is enabled by `std_rng`. (#1473)
+- Enable feature `small_rng` by default (#1455)
+- Rename feature `getrandom` to `os_rng` (#1537)
+
+### Inherited changes from `rand_core`
+- Add fn `RngCore::read_adapter` implementing `std::io::Read` (#1267)
+- Add trait `CryptoBlockRng: BlockRngCore`; make `trait CryptoRng: RngCore` (#1273)
+- Add traits `TryRngCore`, `TryCryptoRng` (#1424, #1499)
+- Add bounds `Clone` and `AsRef` to associated type `SeedableRng::Seed` (#1491)
+
+### Rng trait and top-level fns
+- Rename fn `rand::thread_rng()` to `rand::rng()`, and remove from the prelude (#1506)
+- Add top-level fns `random_iter`, `random_range`, `random_bool`, `random_ratio`, `fill` (#1488)
+- Remove fn `rand::random()` from the prelude (#1506)
+- Re-introduce fn `Rng::gen_iter` as `random_iter` (#1305, #1500)
+- Rename fn `Rng::gen` to `random` to avoid conflict with the new `gen` keyword in Rust 2024 (#1438)
+- Rename fns `Rng::gen_range` to `random_range`, `gen_bool` to `random_bool`, `gen_ratio` to `random_ratio` (#1505)
+- Annotate panicking methods with `#[track_caller]` (#1442, #1447)
 
-### Generators
-- Change `SmallRng::seed_from_u64` implementation (#1203)
-- Replace `SeedableRng` impl for `SmallRng` with inherent methods, excluding `fn from_seed` (#1368)
+### RNGs
+- Make `ReseedingRng::reseed` discard remaining data from the last block generated (#1379)
+- Change fn `SmallRng::seed_from_u64` implementation (#1203)
+- Fix `<SmallRng as SeedableRng>::Seed` size to 256 bits (#1455)
+- Remove first parameter (`rng`) of `ReseedingRng::new` (#1533)
+- Improve SmallRng initialization performance (#1482)
 
 ### Sequences
-- Simpler and faster implementation of Floyd's F2 (#1277). This
-  changes some outputs from `rand::seq::index::sample` and
-  `rand::seq::SliceRandom::choose_multiple`.
+- Optimize fn `sample_floyd`, affecting output of `rand::seq::index::sample` and `rand::seq::SliceRandom::choose_multiple` (#1277)
 - New, faster algorithms for `IteratorRandom::choose` and `choose_stable` (#1268)
 - New, faster algorithms for `SliceRandom::shuffle` and `partial_shuffle` (#1272)
-- Re-introduce `Rng::gen_iter` (#1305)
 - Split trait `SliceRandom` into `IndexedRandom`, `IndexedMutRandom`, `SliceRandom` (#1382)
+- Add `IndexedRandom::choose_multiple_array`, `index::sample_array` (#1453, #1469)
+- Fix `IndexdRandom::choose_multiple_weighted` for very small seeds and optimize for large input length / low memory (#1530)
 
 ### Distributions
-- `{Uniform, UniformSampler}::{new, new_inclusive}` return a `Result` (instead of potentially panicking) (#1229)
-- `Uniform` implements `TryFrom` instead of `From` for ranges (#1229)
-- `Uniform` now uses Canon's method (single sampling) / Lemire's method (distribution sampling) for faster sampling (breaks value stability; #1287)
+- Rename module `rand::distributions` to `rand::distr` (#1470)
 - Relax `Sized` bound on `Distribution<T> for &D` (#1278)
-- Explicit impl of `sample_single_inclusive` (+~20% perf) (#1289)
-- Impl `DistString` for `Slice<char>` and `Uniform<char>` (#1315)
-- Let `Standard` support all `NonZero*` types (#1332)
-- Add `trait Weight`, allowing `WeightedIndex` to trap overflow (#1353)
-- Rename `WeightedError` to `WeightError`, revising variants (#1382)
+- Rename distribution `Standard` to `StandardUniform` (#1526)
+- Remove impl of `Distribution<Option<T>>` for `StandardUniform` (#1526)
+- Let distribution `StandardUniform` support all `NonZero*` types (#1332)
+- Fns `{Uniform, UniformSampler}::{new, new_inclusive}` return a `Result` (instead of potentially panicking) (#1229)
+- Distribution `Uniform` implements `TryFrom` instead of `From` for ranges (#1229)
+- Optimize distribution `Uniform`: use Canon's method (single sampling) / Lemire's method (distribution sampling) for faster sampling (breaks value stability; #1287)
+- Add `UniformUsize` and use to make `Uniform` for `usize` portable (#1487)
+- Optimize fn `sample_single_inclusive` for floats (+~20% perf) (#1289)
+- Allow `UniformFloat::new` samples and `UniformFloat::sample_single` to yield `high` (#1462)
+- Add impl `DistString` for distributions `Slice<char>` and `Uniform<char>` (#1315)
+- Add fn `Slice::num_choices` (#1402)
+- Fix portability of distribution `Slice` (#1469)
+- Add trait `Weight`, allowing `WeightedIndex` to trap overflow (#1353)
+- Add fns `weight, weights, total_weight` to distribution `WeightedIndex` (#1420)
+- Rename enum `WeightedError` to `WeightError`, revising variants (#1382) and mark as `#[non_exhaustive]` (#1480)
+- Add fn `p()` for distribution `Bernoulli` to access probability (#1481)
 
 ### SIMD
 - Switch to `std::simd`, expand SIMD & docs (#1239)
 - Optimise SIMD widening multiply (#1247)
 
-### Other
-- Bump MSRV to 1.60.0 (#1207, #1246, #1269, #1341)
-- Improve `thread_rng` related docs (#1257)
+### Documentation
 - Add `Cargo.lock.msrv` file (#1275)
 - Docs: enable experimental `--generate-link-to-definition` feature (#1327)
-- Use `zerocopy` to replace some `unsafe` code (#1349)
-- Support `std` feature without `getrandom` or `rand_chacha` (#1354)
+- Better doc of crate features, use `doc_auto_cfg` (#1411, #1450)
+
+### Other
+- Reformat with `rustfmt` and enforce (#1448)
+- Apply Clippy suggestions and enforce (#1448, #1474)
+- Move all benchmarks to new `benches` crate (#1329, #1439) and migrate to Criterion (#1490)
 
 ## [0.8.5] - 2021-08-20
 ### Fixes

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rand"
-version = "0.9.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.9.0-beta.0"
 authors = ["The Rand Project Developers", "The Rust Project Developers"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ members = [
 exclude = ["benches", "distr_test"]
 
 [dependencies]
-rand_core = { path = "rand_core", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.1", default-features = false }
+rand_core = { path = "rand_core", version = "=0.9.0-beta.0", default-features = false }
 log = { version = "0.4.4", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0.103", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
-rand_chacha = { path = "rand_chacha", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
+rand_chacha = { path = "rand_chacha", version = "=0.9.0-beta.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 zerocopy = { version = "0.8.0", default-features = false, features = ["simd"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand_pcg = { path = "rand_pcg", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.1" }
+rand_pcg = { path = "rand_pcg", version = "=0.9.0-beta.0" }
 # Only to test serde
 bincode = "1.2.1"
 rayon = "1.7"

README.md

@@ -56,12 +56,17 @@ Documentation:
 ## Usage
 
 Add this to your `Cargo.toml`:
-
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
 rand = "0.8.5"
 ```
 
+Or, to try the 0.9.0 beta release:
+```toml
+[dependencies]
+rand = "=0.9.0-beta.0"
+```
+
 To get started using Rand, see [The Book](https://rust-random.github.io/book).
 
 ## Versions

benches/benches/seq_choose.rs

@@ -52,6 +52,33 @@ pub fn bench(c: &mut Criterion) {
         });
     }
 
+    let lens = [(1, 1000), (950, 1000), (10, 100), (90, 100)];
+    for (amount, len) in lens {
+        let name = format!("seq_slice_choose_multiple_weighted_{}_of_{}", amount, len);
+        c.bench_function(name.as_str(), |b| {
+            let mut rng = Pcg32::from_rng(&mut rand::rng());
+            let mut buf = [0i32; 1000];
+            rng.fill(&mut buf);
+            let x = black_box(&buf[..len]);
+
+            let mut results_buf = [0i32; 950];
+            let y = black_box(&mut results_buf[..amount]);
+            let amount = black_box(amount);
+
+            b.iter(|| {
+                // Collect full result to prevent unwanted shortcuts getting
+                // first element (in case sample_indices returns an iterator).
+                let samples_iter = x
+                    .choose_multiple_weighted(&mut rng, amount, |_| 1.0)
+                    .unwrap();
+                for (slot, sample) in y.iter_mut().zip(samples_iter) {
+                    *slot = *sample;
+                }
+                y[amount - 1]
+            })
+        });
+    }
+
     c.bench_function("seq_iter_choose_multiple_10_of_100", |b| {
         let mut rng = Pcg32::from_rng(&mut rand::rng());
         let mut buf = [0i32; 100];

distr_test/Cargo.toml

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 publish = false
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand_distr = { path = "../rand_distr", version = "=0.5.0-alpha.1", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
-rand = { path = "..", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.1", features = ["small_rng"] }
+rand_distr = { path = "../rand_distr", version = "=0.5.0-beta.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
+rand = { path = "..", version = "=0.9.0-beta.0", features = ["small_rng"] }
 num-traits = "0.2.19"
 # Special functions for testing distributions
 special = "0.11.0"

rand_chacha/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,17 +4,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
-- The `serde1` feature has been renamed `serde` (#1477)
-- Rename feature `getrandom` to `os_rng`
-
-## [0.9.0-alpha.1] - 2024-03-18
-
-## [0.9.0-alpha.0] - 2024-02-18
-This is a pre-release. To depend on this version, use `rand_chacha = "=0.9.0-alpha.0"` to prevent automatic updates (which can be expected to include breaking changes).
+## [0.9.0-beta.0] - 2024-11-25
+This is a pre-release. To depend on this version, use `rand_chacha = "=0.9.0-beta.0"` to prevent automatic updates (which can be expected to include breaking changes).
 
 - Made `rand_chacha` propagate the `std` feature down to `rand_core` (#1153)
 - Remove usage of `unsafe` in `fn generate` (#1181) then optimise for AVX2 (~4-7%) (#1192)
+- The `serde1` feature has been renamed `serde` (#1477)
+- Revise crate docs (#1454)
+- Rename feature `getrandom` to `os_rng` (#1537)
 
 ## [0.3.1] - 2021-06-09
 - add getters corresponding to existing setters: `get_seed`, `get_stream` (#1124)

rand_chacha/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rand_chacha"
-version = "0.9.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.9.0-beta.0"
 authors = ["The Rand Project Developers", "The Rust Project Developers", "The CryptoCorrosion Contributors"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ all-features = true
 rustdoc-args = ["--generate-link-to-definition"]
 
 [dependencies]
-rand_core = { path = "../rand_core", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.1" }
+rand_core = { path = "../rand_core", version = "=0.9.0-beta.0" }
 ppv-lite86 = { version = "0.2.14", default-features = false, features = ["simd"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 # Only to test serde
 serde_json = "1.0"
-rand_core = { path = "../rand_core", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.1", features = ["os_rng"] }
+rand_core = { path = "../rand_core", version = "=0.9.0-beta.0", features = ["os_rng"] }
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]

rand_core/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,21 +4,21 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
-- Bump the MSRV to 1.63.0
-- The `serde1` feature has been renamed `serde` (#1477)
-- Rename feature `getrandom` to `os_rng`
-
-## [0.9.0-alpha.1] - 2024-03-18
+## [0.9.0-beta.0] - 2024-11-25
+This is a pre-release. To depend on this version, use `rand_core = "=0.9.0-beta.0"` to prevent automatic updates (which can be expected to include breaking changes).
 
-## [0.9.0-alpha.0] - 2024-02-18
-This is a pre-release. To depend on this version, use `rand_core = "=0.9.0-alpha.0"` to prevent automatic updates (which can be expected to include breaking changes).
+### Compilation options and unsafe
+- Bump the MSRV to 1.63.0 (#1207, #1246, #1269, #1341, #1416, #1536); note that 1.60.0 may work for dependents when using `--ignore-rust-version`
+- The `serde1` feature has been renamed `serde` (#1477)
+- Use `zerocopy` to replace some `unsafe` code (#1349, #1393, #1446, #1502)
 
-- Bump MSRV to 1.60.0 (#1207, #1246, #1269, #1341)
+### Other
 - Allow `rand_core::impls::fill_via_u*_chunks` to mutate source (#1182)
-- Add `fn RngCore::read_adapter` implementing `std::io::Read` (#1267)
-- Add `trait CryptoBlockRng: BlockRngCore`; make `trait CryptoRng: RngCore` (#1273)
-- Use `zerocopy` to replace some `unsafe` code (#1349, #1393)
+- Add fn `RngCore::read_adapter` implementing `std::io::Read` (#1267)
+- Add trait `CryptoBlockRng: BlockRngCore`; make `trait CryptoRng: RngCore` (#1273)
+- Add traits `TryRngCore`, `TryCryptoRng` (#1424, #1499)
+- Add bounds `Clone` and `AsRef` to associated type `SeedableRng::Seed` (#1491)
+- Rename feature `getrandom` to `os_rng` (#1537)
 
 ## [0.6.4] - 2022-09-15
 - Fix unsoundness in `<BlockRng64 as RngCore>::next_u32` (#1160)

rand_core/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.9.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.9.0-beta.0"
 authors = ["The Rand Project Developers", "The Rust Project Developers"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"