prepare new release

Author: mfeurer

changelog.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Version 0.4.18
+
+* ADD #164: New method `rvs` for hyperparameters to allow them being used with scikit-learn's
+  hyperparameter optimization tools.
+* FIX #173: Fixes a numpy ABI incompatibility problem with numpy 1.20
+
 # Version 0.4.17
 
 * MAINT #168: Support for Python. 3.9.X

test/test_hyperparameters.py

@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ def test_rvs(self):
         # test that returned types are correct
         # if size=None, return a value, but if size=1, return a 1-element array
         self.assertIsInstance(f1.rvs(), float)
-        self.assertIsInstance(1.rvs(size=1), np.ndarray)
+        self.assertIsInstance(f1.rvs(size=1), np.ndarray)
         self.assertIsInstance(f1.rvs(size=2), np.ndarray)
 
         self.assertAlmostEqual(f1.rvs(random_state=100), f1.rvs(random_state=100))