Inexact error with rand function

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@Wei_Yang

rand(ComplexNormal(1+2im,1),2) (which should generate a vector of 2 elements) don’t quiet work, as it gives
InexactError: Float64(0.37414329354088083 + 1.039498256924925im)

Define

Base.eltype(::Type{ComplexNormal}) = ComplexF64

so that Julia knows that the output type is ComplexF64 rather than Float64 (which is the default for continuous distributions).

@Wei_Yang

I noticed that in Julia, Real is not a subtype of Complex, I wonder if there is a reason behind not to make Real a subtype of Complex.

See also this discussion: What problems will one have, if `Real` was made a subtype of `Complex`?