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30 Jul 2024 08:23:06 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Requesting ideas/opinions for RNG seeding syntax  
From: Warp
Date: 19 May 2009 14:57:23
Message: <4a130113@news.povray.org>
Reactor <rea### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Offhand, if the length of the array of floats that the higher quality RNG
> requires is less than or equal to 5

  It's not that the RNG *requires* longer seeds. It *supports* longer seeds.

> could the existing vector syntax be used?

  It could be one idea, although a bit limited.

> Of course, feeding a vector to the seed() function would implicitly select the
> better RNG

  I think it's better for the syntax to be the same and consistent for all
RNG types. Besides, if there were more than one RNG type supporting longer
seeds, which one would be chosen?

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                                                          - Warp


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