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diff --git a/stdlib/random.ml b/stdlib/random.ml
index aa47536ba..50b570822 100644
--- a/stdlib/random.ml
+++ b/stdlib/random.ml
@@ -130,13 +130,12 @@ module State = struct
else fun s bound -> Int64.to_nativeint (int64 s (Int64.of_nativeint bound))
;;
- (* Returns a float 0 <= x < 1 with at most 90 bits of precision. *)
+ (* Returns a float 0 <= x <= 1 with at most 60 bits of precision. *)
let rawfloat s =
- let scale = 1073741824.0
- and r0 = Pervasives.float (bits s)
+ let scale = 1073741824.0 (* 2^30 *)
and r1 = Pervasives.float (bits s)
and r2 = Pervasives.float (bits s)
- in ((r0 /. scale +. r1) /. scale +. r2) /. scale
+ in (r1 /. scale +. r2) /. scale
;;
let float s bound = rawfloat s *. bound;;