Re: [xsl] Re: [xquery-talk] Random number generation : requirements

2014-05-07 20:06 GMT+02:00 Adam Retter 
adam(_dot_)retter(_at_)googlemail(_dot_)com <
xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com>:

> […]
> Personally I would be more interested in having a good random number
> source for generating strong UUIDs, at the moment we just have an
> extension function which is a non-deterministic wrapper around some
> Java -
> http://www.exist-db.org/exist/apps/fundocs/index.html?action=search&type=name&q=uuid

Ah, yes, I forgot this use case.
It would be nice to have a way to generate UUID:
- in a predictabe way, with a controlled seed, to get reproducible UUIDs
in tests
- with a unique seed for real life usage


On 6 May 2014 18:51, Christian Grün 
<christian(_dot_)gruen(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
> […] Is there any
> particular reason why the official random functions need to be
> deterministic?
Well, yes, having reproducible randomness is useful during development and
testing :)
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