refactor(distribution): move inverse_cdf panic checks to try_inverse_cdf - #458
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…_cdf inverse_cdf implementations duplicated the [0, 1] range check already done by try_inverse_cdf, panicking early instead of just computing. Drop the checks from inverse_cdf so it's a thin unchecked path, and let try_inverse_cdf (per-distribution where the domain isn't [0, 1], the trait default otherwise) own validation before delegating to it.
… Gamma Both distributions already forward inverse_cdf to their inner Gamma; do the same for try_inverse_cdf instead of re-deriving the [0, 1] check via the ContinuousCDF default. Keeps them tracking whatever Gamma::try_inverse_cdf does rather than pinning them to today's generic default.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughChangesThe inverse CDF API now separates direct computation from probability validation. Continuous direct methods no longer perform explicit range checks. Discrete checked methods use Inverse CDF trait contracts
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The refactor changes unchecked inverse-CDF behavior, and some edge cases remain: invalid inputs may cause nontermination, NaN handling can produce infinity, and an unrepresentable Geometric quantile may be reported as the maximum value. These are bounded correctness issues that should receive explicit owner awareness or follow-up. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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Caller->>CDFTrait: try_inverse_cdf(p)
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Gamma-->>Distribution: quantile or error
Distribution-->>Caller: Result value or inverse-CDF error
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In `@src/distribution/categorical.rs`:
- Around line 200-204: Update try_inverse_cdf to reject NaN as an out-of-range
argument before calling inverse_cdf, while preserving the existing behavior for
values below or equal to zero and at or above one. Add a regression test
covering NaN and asserting InverseCdfError::ArgumentOutOfRange.
In `@src/distribution/log_normal.rs`:
- Around line 197-198: Update the unchecked probability handling in the
log-normal quantile path to check p.is_nan() before the existing boundary
branches and return f64::NAN for NaN inputs; preserve the current infinity
behavior for finite p values at or above 1.0.
In `@src/distribution/mod.rs`:
- Around line 227-231: Document the unchecked precondition on
ContinuousCDF::inverse_cdf, stating that p must be in [0, 1] and callers should
use try_inverse_cdf when its validity is not known. Match the existing guidance
and wording style used by DiscreteCDF.
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| } else { | ||
| panic!("p must be within [0.0, 1.0]"); | ||
| f64::INFINITY |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Preserve NaN in the unchecked path.
When p is NaN, both p == 0.0 and p < 1.0 are false, so Line 198 returns f64::INFINITY. This conflates NaN with a finite value at or above 1.0. Handle p.is_nan() separately and return f64::NAN.
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} else if p < 1.0 {
(self.location - (self.scale * f64_consts::SQRT_2 * erf::erfc_inv(2.0 * p))).exp()
+ } else if p.is_nan() {
+ f64::NAN
} else {
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| } else { | |
| panic!("p must be within [0.0, 1.0]"); | |
| f64::INFINITY | |
| } else if p.is_nan() { | |
| f64::NAN | |
| } else { | |
| f64::INFINITY |
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In `@src/distribution/log_normal.rs` around lines 197 - 198, Update the unchecked
probability handling in the log-normal quantile path to check p.is_nan() before
the existing boundary branches and return f64::NAN for NaN inputs; preserve the
current infinity behavior for finite p values at or above 1.0.
| if !(T::zero()..=T::one()).contains(&p) { | ||
| Err(InverseCdfError::ArgumentOutOfRange) | ||
| } else { | ||
| Ok(self.inverse_cdf(p)) | ||
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Document the unchecked precondition for ContinuousCDF::inverse_cdf.
Line 227 moves validation to try_inverse_cdf, but the continuous direct method does not state that p must be valid. For an unbounded distribution, inverse_cdf(2.0) can keep its bracketing loop running because cdf cannot exceed 1.0. Add the same guidance used by DiscreteCDF: use try_inverse_cdf when p is not already known to be in [0, 1].
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In `@src/distribution/mod.rs` around lines 227 - 231, Document the unchecked
precondition on ContinuousCDF::inverse_cdf, stating that p must be in [0, 1] and
callers should use try_inverse_cdf when its validity is not known. Match the
existing guidance and wording style used by DiscreteCDF.
… or overflow Categorical::try_inverse_cdf used an inverted `x >= 1.0 || x <= 0.0` range check, which is false for NaN, so NaN fell through to `locate`'s `partial_cmp().unwrap()` and panicked -- defeating the point of a fallible entry point. Rewritten as a conjunction so NaN is rejected up front. More generally, a discrete quantile can fail for a reason a plain "argument out of range" can't express: the exact answer isn't representable in the variate type K (NaN, non-finite, or a finite value outside K's range). Add DiscreteInverseCdfError<T>, parallel to InverseCdfError but with a NotRepresentable(T) variant carrying the underlying float, and switch DiscreteCDF::try_inverse_cdf to it. Geometric's two overflow conditions (result exceeds u64::MAX, or an intermediate f64 computation overflows) previously always panicked, even through try_inverse_cdf. Split the shared math into inverse_cdf_core so inverse_cdf keeps panicking (its documented, unchecked contract) while try_inverse_cdf reports NotRepresentable instead.
try_inverse_cdf's validate-then-compute path can still fail past validation (NotRepresentable), so inverse_cdf's own separate domain-unchecked core was redundant with it and, worse, wrong: calling the core directly skipped the x-range check, so an out-of-domain x fell through to the NaN branch of the ln1p computation and panicked with a misleading "intermediate value overflowed f64" message instead of reporting the actual out-of-range x. Fold the core's body into try_inverse_cdf directly and make inverse_cdf match on try_inverse_cdf's result, panicking per variant. Same panic messages for the two overflow cases as before; the argument-out-of-range case is new (previously unreachable from inverse_cdf, since the domain check lived only in try_inverse_cdf's wrapper around the core).
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263-284: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winReturn
NotRepresentablewhen the saturated upper bound is insufficient.If
hireachesu64::MAXandself.cdf(hi) < x, no representable quantile satisfies the definition. The bisection currently returnsu64::MAXanyway. This can occur when the closed-form candidate underestimates an upper-tail quantile that exceeds the variate range.Proposed fix
while self.cdf(hi) < x { match hi.checked_mul(2) { Some(doubled) => hi = doubled, None => { hi = u64::MAX; break; } } } + if self.cdf(hi) < x { + return Err(DiscreteInverseCdfError::NotRepresentable( + u64::MAX as f64, + )); + } let mut lo = self.min();🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/distribution/geometric.rs`:
- Around line 263-284: After the upper-bound doubling loop in the quantile
calculation, detect when hi is u64::MAX and self.cdf(hi) remains below x; return
NotRepresentable instead of entering bisection. Preserve the existing bisection
behavior when a sufficient upper bound is found.
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| /// panicking if `x` is not in the open interval `(0.0, 1.0)`, including | ||
| /// when `x` is NaN. | ||
| fn try_inverse_cdf(&self, x: f64) -> Result<u64, DiscreteInverseCdfError<f64>> { | ||
| // Written as a conjunction of `>`/`<`, not `x >= 1.0 || x <= 0.0`, so |
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some cases can break regression and hang the app
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fter removing the domain panic, while cdf(high) < p { high *= 2 } never finishes for p > 1 (and low /= 2 spins at 0 for p < 0). ChiSquared/Erlang inherit this.
Checked against scipy 1.17 / mpmath:
gamma(a=2).ppf(1)= +∞ (this method already special-casesp == 1)gamma(a=2).ppf(1+eps)= NaNgamma(a=2).ppf(2)= NaNgamma(a=2).ppf(-1e-16)= NaN
The new path hangs on those inputs. 1+eps is the realistic inverse_cdf(cdf(x)) rounding case. Unchecked should mean NaN/Inf like scipy, not a hang.
| /// this default impl panics if provided `p` not on interval [0.0, 1.0] | ||
| /// Does not check that `p` lies on `[0.0, 1.0]`; use [`try_inverse_cdf`](DiscreteCDF::try_inverse_cdf) | ||
| /// if `p` is not already known to be valid. | ||
| fn inverse_cdf(&self, p: T) -> K { |
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Same search, discrete default (Poisson, Binomial, …). cdf saturates at 1, so p > 1 doubles ub until overflow (debug panic) or wrap-to-0 (release hang).
scipy 1.17 geom(p=0.5).ppf:
ppf(2)/ppf(1+eps)/ppf(NaN)→ NaNppf(1)→ +∞
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| } else { | ||
| panic!("p must be within [0.0, 1.0]"); | ||
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This else is p >= 1 or NaN. Compared to scipy lognorm(s=1).ppf and mpmath (exp(μ + σ√2 erfinv(2p−1))):
| p | PR | scipy / mpmath |
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| 1 | +∞ | +∞ |
| 1+eps | +∞ | NaN |
| 2 | +∞ | NaN |
| NaN | +∞ | NaN |
| (0,1) | matches, max 19 ulp vs mpmath-f64 |
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Summary
inverse_cdfimplementations across the legacyContinuousCDF/DiscreteCDFdistributions duplicated the[0, 1]domain check thattry_inverse_cdfalso needs, panicking on invalid input instead of just computing. Strip those checks out ofinverse_cdf(now a thin, unchecked path per distribution) and lettry_inverse_cdfown validation before delegating to it — either via a per-distribution override where the valid domain isn't the generic closed[0, 1](e.g.Categorical's open(0, 1)), or via theContinuousCDF/DiscreteCDFtrait defaults otherwise.Betahad a fully duplicatedtry_inverse_cdfoverride (identical check + call, copy-pasted frominverse_cdf); removed in favor of the trait default.Erlang/ChiSquaredforwardinverse_cdfto an innerGamma; give them the same treatment fortry_inverse_cdfso they trackGamma::try_inverse_cdfinstead of re-deriving the[0, 1]check themselves and callingGamma::inverse_cdfdirectly.DiscreteCDFgained atry_inverse_cdfdefault method (didn't have one before), mirroringContinuousCDF.Geometric's two panics for numeric overflow (result exceedsu64::MAX, or an intermediate value overflowsf64) are intentionally left ininverse_cdf— those aren't input-domain checks, they're deferred as a separate design question.Test plan
cargo test --all-features— 796 unit tests + 195 doctests passcargo clippy --all-features --all-targets— clean#[should_panic]oninverse_cdfto instead asserttry_inverse_cdfreturnsErr(InverseCdfError::ArgumentOutOfRange)Summary by CodeRabbit
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