On Fri, 05 May 2023 16:13:01 +1000, Mark Jamsek wrote: > I found kn's attempted syntax intuitive though; it feels like a natural > extension of the existing random and step syntax. I also assumed ~/15 > would run every 15 minutes starting with a random minute, and since > discovering it didn't work like that, I've been carrying a simple patch > that allows kn's syntax: > > ~/15 random 15 minute intervals in [0, 59] > 1~9/10 random 10 minute intervals in [1,59]
It does seem like people prefer the ~/step syntax over my own, which is fine. However, I'm unsure about the x~y/step syntax. Personally, I think it would be more natural to treat x~y/step like x-y/step and just use a random offset in the interval [0,step-1]. Do you have a use-case for the way your diff handles this or did it just follow naturally from the random value being in num1? Also, using the % operator with the random value results in modulo bias, which we would like to avoid. If we use a random offset based on the step interval instead there is no need for the modulus. - todd
