From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#32605: [w64] (random) never returns negative Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2021 11:57:01 +0300 Message-ID: <83a6lkbe02.fsf@gnu.org> References: <855zzpf86u.fsf@gmail.com> <87zhx1ktp0.fsf@gmx.net> <87zhwwhp9i.fsf@gmail.com> <87mtpmls3p.fsf_-_@gnus.org> <83o8a2dbjo.fsf@gnu.org> <86bl62s8qm.fsf@gmail.com> <83czqhdfhm.fsf@gnu.org> <861r6xoxqa.fsf@gmail.com> <83sfzcbmfm.fsf@gnu.org> <86mtpksa0l.fsf@gmail.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="23437"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 32605@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andy Moreton Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 14 10:58:08 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mEpUW-0005qA-Rx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2021 10:58:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34720 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mEpUV-00028C-Cx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2021 04:58:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57438) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mEpUQ-000283-04 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2021 04:58:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:60217) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mEpUP-0001vp-Pq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2021 04:58:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mEpUP-0006FT-KC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2021 04:58:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2021 08:58:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 32605 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: confirmed Original-Received: via spool by 32605-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B32605.162893144423969 (code B ref 32605); Sat, 14 Aug 2021 08:58:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 32605) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Aug 2021 08:57:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43530 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mEpTo-0006EX-74 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2021 04:57:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:40956) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mEpTj-0006EH-KL for 32605@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2021 04:57:22 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:45766) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mEpTe-0001Rl-A8; Sat, 14 Aug 2021 04:57:14 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:1256 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mEpTd-00048y-Qx; Sat, 14 Aug 2021 04:57:14 -0400 In-Reply-To: <86mtpksa0l.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Andy Moreton on Sat, 14 Aug 2021 09:31:06 +0100) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:211812 Archived-At: > From: Andy Moreton > Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2021 09:31:06 +0100 > > I'm not an expert on random numbers either, and your efforts are not an > annoyance, but I am puzzled why you so strongly prize performance over > correctness in this instance. Because I have no idea how important the "correctness" part is, or why. OTOH, this stuff, when used, tends to be in the inner loops, so performance matters.