Difference between pm.Poisson(.) and pm.Poisson.dist(.)

Questions
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Hi all,

Can you shed some light on what’s the difference between Poisson and Possion.dist. I’ve tried to find the description of the latter without luck.

Also, how can I name them. When trying something like: pm.Posson.dist(‘myPoisson’, mu=mu) I get an error. I’ve seen some examples like this and none of them name it. Is it because it can’t be named?

Thanks.

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You can find the detail description here: https://docs.pymc.io/Probability_Distributions.html