On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:41:16 -0700 Ian Lance Taylor <i...@google.com> wrote:
> Mike Stump <mikest...@comcast.net> writes: > > >> Presumably the fix will be to use -frandom-seed. > > > > But, the random seem was to ensure that things that should not collide, > > don't. If you use 0, then things that should not collide, eventually will > > and your world with then end. In the present code base, it is perfectly > > safe to do this. If the codebase is ever extended to use C++ features, > > then, that code can break. > > I wasn't suggesting using -frandom-seed=0. I have a similar issue in the MELT branch, and I am passing to -frandom-seed the md5sum of relevant source files. With such a trick, the seed is reproducible from one build to the next one (of the exact same source tree), and does provide much more randomness than just using 0 all the time. Cheers. -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ email: basile<at>starynkevitch<dot>net mobile: +33 6 8501 2359 8, rue de la Faiencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France *** opinions {are only mine, sont seulement les miennes} ***
