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Description
Feature
Standard uniform random variables underly many other random algorithms. For example, choice makes use of standard uniforms when sampling with non-uniform probabilities. Generator.random already supports the dtype argument but is limited to float32 and float64. It would be useful for anyone working in higher precision to have support for longdouble and other extended precision values available on specific platform.
import numpy as np
gen = np.random.default_rng()
gen.random(1, dtype=np.longdouble)