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+// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package metrics
+
+// Float64Histogram represents a distribution of float64 values.
+type Float64Histogram struct {
+ // Counts contains the weights for each histogram bucket.
+ //
+ // Given N buckets, Count[n] is the weight of the range
+ // [bucket[n], bucket[n+1]), for 0 <= n < N.
+ Counts []uint64
+
+ // Buckets contains the boundaries of the histogram buckets, in increasing order.
+ //
+ // Buckets[0] is the inclusive lower bound of the minimum bucket while
+ // Buckets[len(Buckets)-1] is the exclusive upper bound of the maximum bucket.
+ // Hence, there are len(Buckets)-1 counts. Furthermore, len(Buckets) != 1, always,
+ // since at least two boundaries are required to describe one bucket (and 0
+ // boundaries are used to describe 0 buckets).
+ //
+ // Buckets[0] is permitted to have value -Inf and Buckets[len(Buckets)-1] is
+ // permitted to have value Inf.
+ //
+ // For a given metric name, the value of Buckets is guaranteed not to change
+ // between calls until program exit.
+ //
+ // This slice value is permitted to alias with other Float64Histograms' Buckets
+ // fields, so the values within should only ever be read. If they need to be
+ // modified, the user must make a copy.
+ Buckets []float64
+}