Hi Sage-Devel, I was very surprised by this just now:
sage: import random sage: random.randint(0,20) 0 sage: set_random_seed(0) sage: random.randint(0,20) 0 sage: set_random_seed(0) sage: random.randint(0,20) 5 sage: random.seed(0) sage: random.randint(0,20) 17 sage: random.seed(0) sage: random.randint(0,20) 17 Basically, I expected that Sage's "set_random_seed" would actually set *Python*'s own random seed, given that it sets gp, gap, maxima, etc. I would think this is an obvious serious bug... but since it seems so blatant, maybe I'm missing something. William -- William Stein Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
