[PD] Random

[hans w. koch]

wouldn´t it be more interesting/useful to incorporate a [date] object into vanilla pd, from which it would be trivial to generate unique seeds, but which also could be used in (many) other contexts?

hans


> Am 31.05.2018 um 19:21 schrieb Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com>:
> 
> It would relatively easy to add a right outlet to [random]. Another option might be an explicit [seed] object which could give you further control or perhaps some creation flags for [random] as well.
> 
>>> you still have control on the seed... just seed it
>> 
>> no because you need to add an extra outlet to [random] and prints out the
>> seed value.
>> 
>>> or even seed it with the system time on creation?
>> 
>> if one adds now this behaviour one need to put a flag for backward
>> compatibility.
>> 
>>> what if [seed( without argument would take the current system time?
>> 
>> this could be an idea but one need the second outlet.
>> 
>> ciao
>> -Marco Matteo Markidis
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