Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 20:49:00 -0400 From: parv <parv@pair.com> To: Frank v Waveren <fvw@var.cx> Cc: f-bug <freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bin/39198: sh aborts on variables with periods Message-ID: <20020613004900.GA38698@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <1023927778RGL.fvw@yendor.var.cx> References: <200206122010.g5CKA3L09165@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020612214110.GA30199@moo.holy.cow> <1023918173HKC.fvw@yendor.var.cx> <20020613002018.GA38200@moo.holy.cow> <1023927778RGL.fvw@yendor.var.cx>
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in message <1023927778RGL.fvw@yendor.var.cx>, wrote Frank v Waveren thusly... > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 08:20:18PM -0400, parv wrote: > > > anyway, i tried... > > ...the above more than three times each in bash-2.05 & > > ksh93-20020317 ... and did not get any utterance of 'same'. > > it's quite possible that bash uses for instance a linear PRNG in > bash ... However, this behaviour is not in the spec and thus not > guaranteed. i got your point the first time that relying on comparison of a random number to another random is just plain sick. and now that you have put that in more concrete form, the thought will be going to stick a bit longer. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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