Re: Why have both `random' and `cl-random'?

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org>
> Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 10:00:39 -0500
> 
>      (random &optional LIMIT)
> 
>      Return a pseudo-random integer.
>      By default, return a fixnum; all fixnums are equally likely.
>      With positive integer LIMIT, return random integer in interval [0,LIMIT).
>      With argument t, set the random number seed from the system’s entropy
>      pool if available, otherwise from less-random volatile data such as the time.
>      With a string argument, set the seed based on the string’s contents.
>      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Missed that, but doesn't that mean that using a limit _and_ a seed is
> not possible?

I think the idea in that case is that you first call random with a
seed (and ignore the value), and then continue calling it with a
limit.  But I didn't try that, so maybe I'm missing something.