From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9103: 23.3.50; random* from cl does not support the whole range of integers Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:21:32 +0800 Message-ID: References: <0i1uxnb69f.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1311038544 7277 80.91.229.12 (19 Jul 2011 01:22:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:22:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 9103@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 19 03:22:19 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qiz0t-0006oG-55 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:22:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48857 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qiz0s-0005bE-3L for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:22:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:49805) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qiz0e-0005au-6g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:22:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qiz0d-0006cK-5B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:22:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:57430) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qiz0d-0006cG-2P for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:22:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qiz0c-0003Ik-DT; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:22:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Leo Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:22:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9103 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9103-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9103.131103851312676 (code B ref 9103); Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:22:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9103) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Jul 2011 01:21:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qiz0T-0003IP-0N for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:21:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-iy0-f172.google.com ([209.85.210.172]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qiz0R-0003IE-4m for 9103@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:21:51 -0400 Original-Received: by iye7 with SMTP id 7so3434560iye.3 for <9103@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:21:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=tdU1HTmDRjfMM7UQOmUm10mAIjwnGrAyhFtjer+X9V4=; b=CJCO92YOrIWFma6I1Sie1LdDRJ+u25YszLc06pGMsE6rOI3klzfjZ2S80R2AShrai6 X7p9vOwXOdROtCxzd7rzvARf/c46WMZPpFwAo8oJ8q/5nO5QgZ28virkeHetEtjIgD5N qtcNh8IEx9PHQO0gubBrkqT92SCHlU0A0USpM= Original-Received: by 10.42.135.129 with SMTP id p1mr7848657ict.37.1311038505491; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:21:45 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from localhost ([114.247.10.74]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ue1sm55409icb.8.2011.07.18.18.21.41 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:21:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <0i1uxnb69f.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:58:36 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3.50 (Mac OS X 10.6.8) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:22:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:49427 Archived-At: On 2011-07-19 05:58 +0800, Glenn Morris wrote: > Glenn Morris wrote: > >> Why does random* even need to exist? What can it do that plain random >> cannot? > > ...non-integer results, it seems. We need to extend plain random to support random-states. I plan to do it once the random module in gnulib is usable. Another option is to use Mersenne Twister PRNG, which I have in my local tree (patch: http://paste.pocoo.org/show/ZYhLUPeXlkj405100KX4/). The files mt19937.[ch] are from its authors'. Do you know if that can be included in Emacs? Leo