[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#2476) myrand does the wrong thing

["Raimar Falke via RT" <rt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 03:29:16PM -0800, cameron@xxxxxxxxxx via RT wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 11:25:21AM -0800, Raimar Falke via RT wrote:
> > Problems: the call myrand(0) wouldn't change internal state. This is
> > bad. The attached patch fixes this by always going trough the
> > next-state step and has no early return. It also comment the function
> > a bit (now that I understood it).
> 
> Can you tell me why it's bad than myrand(0) doesn't change internal state?

It will make it non-reproducible/in-deterministic.

> It appears to work.

Good.

        Raimar

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