From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Oct 7 10:35:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA12813 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 10:35:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sovcom.kiae.su (sovcom.kiae.su [193.125.152.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA12807 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 10:35:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by sovcom.kiae.su id AA08608 (5.65.kiae-1 ); Mon, 7 Oct 1996 20:29:26 +0300 Received: by sovcom.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Mon, 7 Oct 96 20:29:26 +0300 Received: (from ache@localhost) by nagual.ru (8.7.6/8.7.3) id VAA01295; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 21:26:07 +0400 (MSD) Message-Id: <199610071726.VAA01295@nagual.ru> Subject: Re: I plan to change random() for -current (was Re: rand() and random()) In-Reply-To: from "Richard Wackerbarth" at "Oct 7, 96 04:28:30 am" To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 21:26:07 +0400 (MSD) Cc: terry@lambert.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org From: "=?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?=" (Andrey A. Chernov) Organization: self X-Class: Fast X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > If YOU want a different function, by all means write one, test it, and use it. > > However, DO NOT change the existing functions. PERIOD. The function must conforms standard - it is main rule. What you say is "golden code" syndrome. We already change some math functions and nobody complains. -- Andrey A. Chernov http://www.nagual.ru/~ache/