From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from primenet.com.au (ns1.primenet.com.au [203.24.36.2]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id e74f3b39 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 06:10:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 9030 invoked by alias); 19 Oct 2019 06:10:10 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: X-Seq: 44853 Received: (qmail 13024 invoked by uid 1010); 19 Oct 2019 06:10:09 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Diagnostics: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com by f.primenet.com.au (envelope-from , uid 7791) with qmail-scanner-2.11 (clamdscan: 0.102.0/25601. spamassassin: 3.4.2. Clear:RC:0(66.111.4.29):SA:0(-2.6/5.0):. Processed in 6.094701 secs); 19 Oct 2019 06:10:09 -0000 X-Envelope-From: d.s@daniel.shahaf.name X-Qmail-Scanner-Mime-Attachments: | X-Qmail-Scanner-Zip-Files: | Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at daniel.shahaf.name does not designate permitted sender hosts) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= daniel.shahaf.name; h=mime-version:message-id:in-reply-to :references:date:from:to:cc:subject:content-type; s=fm1; bh=lq+D PcPlP8CkvZY0lHq2glhFxe9OPZXerZDPGGqbYgc=; b=mT9RYcFniQ1Hngok26rN MiwXHBDJO100UVLuNhnQZ1ndvxR7FJq52ISLOPJQfth/HAjgiuXGOl7QPobttJjf sYrM9mdfBFr8kgH4ymkjXgXigg13tkZoh5ojjh5T7pGL2LGSm0/NbUPiBwOH0qR0 95kg4Q4rsHvMM9aV043whUqogjJpsti0mEGb54zJWLHnkICRsRCGSmWNAKS+qaJV Sp/mtbnazXrIEcP1n2udlkid9yriykbp4pLjRhlCt+ChEPIpChdwlOHHw+a4R0BG dadlnXa37Ewti4ahqIEsNQq9pHUn1oViYBxsHDXQNlYMsW2W8/WMsqaIgjHhunvM sA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=lq+DPc PlP8CkvZY0lHq2glhFxe9OPZXerZDPGGqbYgc=; b=GbJIVyl15GAZCpILTbHUXg ruXZMSZLGevHT25RmGxmMb1/L5nUUfD2Y9QinQtlilytWqRRi8VRPeYnbbkJXUQr Ere2vaRvMxP+4AIorFetCEQQ6OJFwMiqqowaQtZZzzE8RWKp/dqM+cfEqn/zypPP HX4SASubYdj8GivaOIwTefZFZPpVeDsmaKzbJK2ho+1gbjXCLrkN+40qhn8NcQKh K9//dwr2scDBjt9N9H3IRbbM//U4iwnQ6B515pJv7WPx17j32b+/QEC26fKyNOP1 8oR7rLwQBndUncqPK+nNyTONPTn0IoENcIg5q3RQYLd5LCgMX1fNvBr/zydcTb2Q == X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedufedrkedtgddutdegucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhepofgfggfkjghffffhvffutgesthdtredtreertdenucfhrhhomhepfdffrghn ihgvlhcuufhhrghhrghffdcuoegurdhssegurghnihgvlhdrshhhrghhrghfrdhnrghmvg eqnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpegurdhssegurghnihgvlhdrshhhrghhrghf rdhnrghmvgenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedt X-ME-Proxy: X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.1.7-360-g7dda896-fmstable-20191004v2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <323103ad-5893-48d6-82e2-80adda9c128c@www.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: <8724321571463531@myt3-a2a42ac8caa6.qloud-c.yandex.net> Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 06:09:06 +0000 From: "Daniel Shahaf" To: "Roman Perepelitsa" , ". ." Cc: "Zsh hackers list" Subject: Re: broken random variable Content-Type: text/plain Roman Perepelitsa wrote on Sat, 19 Oct 2019 05:44 +00:00: > Simpler test case: > > repeat 2 ( echo $RANDOM ) > > Prints the same number twice. Tested on FreeBSD and Linux. Yes, it's documented to behave this way. man zshall | less -p RANDOM