On Wed, 09 May 2012, Olivier Grisel wrote:
> > so if it fails for some specific seed, I could check if it gets
> > replicated by running the same test again with the same seed.

> > if it doesn't -- I know **for sure** that it is not related to having
> > random data but smth more fun, worth valgrinding for decisions based on
> > uninitialized memory etc.  e.g. now it halted (burns cpu, doesn't return) 
> > with
> > seed 1072 (before actually it just crashed in the same
> > sklearn.svm.tests.test_sparse.test_sparse_svc_clone_with_callable_kernel and
> > didn't reproduce).

> I am not sure I understand. You are saying that this test
> sklearn.svm.tests.test_sparse.test_sparse_svc_clone_with_callable_kernel
> crashes deterministically with seed 1072 for numpy.random while
> passing most of the time otherwise?


NO -- I am saying that 

a. it halted with SEED=1072 once -- I killed it
b. upon rerunning it with SEED=1072 it completed FINE

from these a. and b. I am stating that it is unrelated to random data
generated by RNG but lies deeper (e.g. in relying somewhere on
uninitialized values etc) -- so I ran valgrind.  if I do not know
that seed was the same both times (FOR SURE) you would not be able to
make such a conclusion.

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