Change default of quantile.dist_mvnorm() to use equicoordinate quantiles

This reverts commit 10e8ef9.
mitchelloharawild · Sep 17, 2024 · 3a72169 · 3a72169
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diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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 # distributional (development version)
 
+## Breaking changes
+
+* The `quantile()` method for `dist_multivariate_normal()` now defaults to 
+  equicoordinate quantiles. To obtain marginal quantiles, you should use 
+  `quantile(dist, p, type = "marginal")`.
+
 # distributional 0.5.0
 
 ## New features

diff --git a/R/dist_multivariate_normal.R b/R/dist_multivariate_normal.R
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ log_density.dist_mvnorm <- function(x, at, ..., na.rm = FALSE){
 }
 
 #' @export
-quantile.dist_mvnorm <- function(x, p, type = c("marginal", "equicoordinate"),
+quantile.dist_mvnorm <- function(x, p, type = c("equicoordinate", "marginal"),
                                  ..., na.rm = FALSE){
   type <- match.arg(type)
   q <- if (type == "marginal") {