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Re: [PATCH 0/1] zsh/random module

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From: Clinton Bunch <cdbunch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] zsh/random module
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2024 11:48:06 -0500
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On 4/5/2024 21:41, Clinton Bunch wrote:

On 3/24/2024 09:11, Clinton Bunch wrote:
I am still working on the test harness. I'm thinking about using a Cprogram for analysis of shell output, but no current test harnessdoes anything like that. (long double would really be helpful forlarger bounds, 1-20 works, 1-100 causes overflows)
I'm struggling with a test for this module. I thought about doing astatistical analysis (chi-square) of output, but I can't get asuccessful p-value nearly 10% of the time. I tried doing the samewith return values from the base library functions and got similarbias, so it appears I'd just be testing the randomness of the kernelPRNG rather than compilation of code.
Anyone else have any ideas?

Another question:  The math function names.

Would something like srandom_int and srandom_float be better to show theassociation with the SRANDOM parameter?

Or maybe call the parameter ZRANDOM with SRANDOM as an alias for Bashcompatibility?

References:
- [PATCH 0/1] zsh/random module
  - From: Clinton Bunch
- Re: [PATCH 0/1] zsh/random module
  - From: Clinton Bunch

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