On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 14:26:00 +0300, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
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> random(3) is not affected to to its hashing nature. We talk about rand(3).
to to = due to
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On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 11:19:17 +, Mark Murray wrote:
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> "simple test"?
>
> How long did you check for?
See my another message with details.
> random() is documented to not repeat before some number of outputs;
> how do you know that this fix does not significantly shorten that?
random(3
"Andrey A. Chernov" writes:
> On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:55:42 +, Mark Murray wrote:
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> > How do you _know_ that your newly chosen magic number isn't going to cause
> > some kind of recurring (and too-short) sequence of numbers?
>
> I run simple test for it, it is not too short.
"simple t
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 14:08:41 +0300, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:55:42 +, Mark Murray wrote:
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> > How do you _know_ that your newly chosen magic number isn't going to cause
> > some kind of recurring (and too-short) sequence of numbers?
>
> I run simple test fo
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:55:42 +, Mark Murray wrote:
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> How do you _know_ that your newly chosen magic number isn't going to cause
> some kind of recurring (and too-short) sequence of numbers?
I run simple test for it, it is not too short.
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"Andrey A. Chernov" writes:
> > If I understand correctly, this still doesn't solve the problem,
> > because any PRNG sequence that hits the "magic" value will still get
> > stuck there forever.
>
> It was true for the first patch I post which just move problem to another=
>
> place (this is commo
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 14:21:02 -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
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> If I understand correctly, this still doesn't solve the problem,
> because any PRNG sequence that hits the "magic" value will still get
> stuck there forever.
It was true for the first patch I post which just move problem to another
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 12:55:40AM +0300, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 13:06:08 -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 06:10:49PM +0300, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> > > So far, this is final variant for 0 problem fixing ready for committing.
> > > Any objectio
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 13:06:08 -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 06:10:49PM +0300, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> > So far, this is final variant for 0 problem fixing ready for committing.
> > Any objections?
>
> What tests have you run on this code to ensure it doesn't still ha
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 13:12:55 -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
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> If I had to guess, I'd say that you're eager to fix the mistake you made,
> and I suppose that's commendable. However, it's been broken for two years,
> it can wait another couple days for a more thorough fix.
If you talk about 0 prob
On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> So far, this is final variant for 0 problem fixing ready for committing.
> Any objections?
Several people, including myself have asked for A) Enough discussion to
reach a consensus, and B) Thorough testing of the agreed upon solution.
You have allowe
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 06:10:49PM +0300, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> So far, this is final variant for 0 problem fixing ready for committing.
> Any objections?
What tests have you run on this code to ensure it doesn't still have
strange problems?
Kris
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