On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:57:04 +0200, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:
Le 27/09/2016 à 13:22, Gilles a écrit :
I (strongly) suggest
ArraysUtils.shuffle(Object[] array,
o.a.c.rng.UniformRandomProvider rnd)
That's not possible, because we don't want to add external
dependencies
to commons-lang.
I mistakenly thought that your examples (cf. uncut previous post) meant
that this CM-alike tradition was coming to an end...
Anyway, assuming there are still good reasons for CL to not have
dependencies[1], it is then all the more interesting that utilities
based on RNGs should have their own component.
CL would benefit (reduced codebase reduces the maintenance cost)
and users would benefit (from using better generators).
Moreover, the default RNG should be a good one, i.e. not
"java.util.Random".
Using java.util.Random by default is good enough, and it's consistent
with Collections.shuffle():
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Collections.html#shuffle-java.util.List-
Well, of course, the JDK utilities use the JDK's RNG.
That doesn't mean that Apache should do the same, or spread bad
practice:
http://www0.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/d.jones/GoodPracticeRNG.pdf
(see page 2 about "java.util.Random").
Gilles
[1] Even if those would be in our total control!
Emmanuel Bourg
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