[9fans] rand(2)

[9fans] rand(2)

[boyd, rounin]

is this same rand as the old unix rand?

my problem being is that i want to seed it so i can get rand based
regression tests to go.

Re: [9fans] rand(2)

[David Presotto]

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It's seedable and can be used for regression tests.  I don't remember when I picked
it up though so its probably different than Linux.

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From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: [9fans] rand(2)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:06:52 +0200
Message-ID: <055301c37c4b$042f3560$b9844051@insultant.net>

is this same rand as the old unix rand?

my problem being is that i want to seed it so i can get rand based
regression tests to go.

Re: [9fans] rand(2)

[boyd, rounin]

> It's seedable and can be used for regression tests.  I don't remember when I
picked
> it up though so its probably different than Linux.

i think it is.  i'll have a look at the code, but i think i'm hosed,
unless i use another unorthodox solution:

     i have a buncha files that were generated somewhere on lunix,
     so i'll just snarf the output of the plan 9 awk regression tests
     and use them as the tree to compare against, but i have the
     odd other problem to look at first.

then i can run the tests against the bio-fied (hazard?) awk.