There is no way we can expose the seed because it needs to be generated
*per run*. It cannot be a unique value used for when you start it.
Fortunately, there are simpler ways of implementing the code above:

seed = ExUnit.configuration[:seed] || :rand.seed(10000)

ExUnit.configure(seed: seed)




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On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 5:49 AM, Myron Marston <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Currently ExUnit.configuration only exposes config values that the user
> has explicitly set. That means that if you pass --seed,
> ExUnit.configuration[:seed] will be available, but if you do not pass
> --seed, and allow ExUnit to set the seed, it will not be available.
>
> I’ve got a test that winds up involving some randomization. in the off
> chance that a particular random value cause the test to fail, I’d like to
> seed randomization in the test setup with the same seed that ExUnit is
> already using, but it’s difficult since ExUnit.configuration[:seed] is
> not always available. I came up with a work around in test_helper.exs:
>
> existing_or_new_seed =
>   case ExUnit.configuration[:seed] do
>     nil -> :os.timestamp |> elem(2)
>     existing_seed -> existing_seed
>   end
> ExUnit.configure(seed: existing_or_new_seed)
>
> …but it feels like I shouldn’t have to jump through those hoops. (And it’s
> unfortunate that I’ve had to copy the code to provide a seed from ExUnit).
>
> Would the Elixir team be amenable to a PR that ensures that
> ExUnit.configuration[:seed] is always available, regardless of whether
> ExUnit set the value or the user set the value via --seed?
>
> Thanks!
> Myron
> ​
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