* Random.int on non unix platform
@ 1999-06-27 15:53 Martin Quinson
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From: Martin Quinson @ 1999-06-27 15:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
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How can I write this without the unix library ?
Random.init (int_of_float (Unix.time ()));;
Thanks, Mt.
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* Re: Random.int on non unix platform
1999-05-26 12:07 Damien Doligez
@ 1999-06-28 22:35 ` Martin Quinson
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From: Martin Quinson @ 1999-06-28 22:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Damien Doligez; +Cc: caml-list
> >From: Martin Quinson <mquinson@zeppelin-cb.de>
>
> >How can I write this without the unix library ?
> >
> >Random.init (int_of_float (Unix.time ()));;
>
> You can do:
>
> Random.init (int_of_float (Sys.time ()));;
>
> or you can input a random seed from the user and give it as argument
> to Random.init.
(francais en bas)
hmmm. from htmlman/module sys :
> val time: unit -> float
>
> Return the processor time, in seconds, used by the program since the
> beginning of execution.
So, if this call is at the begining of the programm, it will allways generate
the same number (or almost). from the random.ml source code :
(* Simple initialisation. The seed is an integer.
Two seeds that are close enough will not produce uncorrelated
pseudo-random sequences.
*)
And I really dislike the second solution...
Maybe would it be possible to make the module Random initialize itself alone
before the first call, in the next release...
[en francais]
J'aimerais initialiser le generateur aléatoire de nombre sans utiliser la
librairie Unix. Dans d'autres langage, j'ai l'habitude d'utiliser l'heure pour
ca, mais, apparament, c'est impossible sans la librairie Unix (ce qui n'est
pas portable, oblige a recompiler le top-level et complique la ligne de
compilation des compilateurs)
Quant à l'idée de demander une graine à l'utilisateur, je trouve ca un peu
préhistorique, comme approche. ;)
A mon avis, le plus simple serait encore que le module Random se charge tout
seul comme un grand de s'initialiser sans demander a l'utilisateur de le faire.
(dans une prochaine version ?)
Merci & thanks,
Martin.
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* Re: Random.int on non unix platform
@ 1999-05-26 12:07 Damien Doligez
1999-06-28 22:35 ` Martin Quinson
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From: Damien Doligez @ 1999-05-26 12:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
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>From: Martin Quinson <mquinson@zeppelin-cb.de>
>How can I write this without the unix library ?
>
>Random.init (int_of_float (Unix.time ()));;
You can do:
Random.init (int_of_float (Sys.time ()));;
or you can input a random seed from the user and give it as argument
to Random.init.
-- Damien
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