Re: [m-users.] Random Number Generator

Hi

Am Mittwoch, dem 02.08.2023 um 13:08 +1000 schrieb Mark Brown:
> On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 2:55 AM Volker Wysk <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi, Mark
> > 
> > Am Dienstag, dem 01.08.2023 um 22:08 +1000 schrieb Mark Brown:
> > > > Yes, that's what I was wondering. And if it was possible to get rid of
> > > > that
> > > > extra argument.
> > > 
> > > You can use one of the submodules directly.
> > 
> > Unless if you want to attach the RNG to the IO state.
> 
> That's correct, we don't provide a global RNG of any sort. You can use
> get_globals and set_globals in the I/O module to implement this
> interface in a straightforward way, but we don't recommend this as it
> is a poor design. That is why those predicates are obsolete, and the
> user is advised to use a mutable instead (which is what I was
> suggesting above).

Using a mutable is what I've done. (See my post of yesterday). After Julien
made clear, that mutables are language feature and not something from a
library.

Cheers
Volker

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