Am 23.10.2016 um 07:15 schrieb Waldek Hebisch: > Kurt Pagani wrote: >> >> Function 'random' is found in several .spad files and cannot be changed >> easily (see below, e.g. permgrps). >> Perhaps a new function random: (INT,INT) -> INT or Interval(INT) -> INT >> could be created? > > For finite domains 'random' is defined to play reasonably with > other FriCAS routines. In particular, user is supposed to use > 'random' from given domain and implementer can use 'random' > from Integer to implement random for given domain. So I see > little need for extra variants: users in most cases are > supposed to work at higher level and for implementers of > library functions current version is enough.
Regarding the last statement I'm not so sure. Considering that 'random' merely being RANDOM()$Lisp wihout the possibility to create/save random states its use is certainly limited. OTOH I agree that everyone knowing about RANDOM ought to be able to write his own 'random'. At least the signature/docstring should be adjusted (PI->NNI, not nice but according to CLHS). > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to fricas-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to fricas-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/fricas-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
