Discrepancy also in exception handling, not only result type (Was: random/3)

Jan Burse <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.prolog.general
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Jan Burse schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> Just comparing random/3 across different systems.
>
> GNU Prolog 1.4.2: float arguments give integer result:
>
>      ?- random(0.0,999.0,X).
>      X = 349
>
>
> SWI-Prolog 6.3.6: float arguments give float result:
>
>      ?- random(0.0,999.0,X).
>      X = 741.3122108222138.
>
> Bug or feature.
>
> Bye

Also discrepancy with exception handling:

GNU Prolog 1.4.2

	?- random(0,0,X).
	no

SWI-Prolog 6.3.6

	?- random(0,0,X).
	ERROR: random/1: Domain error:
          `not_less_than_one' expected, found `0'

Bye
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