Subject: Re: [xsl] Random number generation : requirements From: "Liz Fraley caltonia@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 18:32:31 -0000 |
How timely. I'd just been reading about how the ESAPI random number generation is broken... On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx < xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This has been implemented in pure XSLT 1 and is part of FXSL since 2002: > > > http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/articles/Random/Casting%20the%20Dice%20with%20FXSL-htm.htm > > There is generation of the "next" random number from the "current" > (essentially a functional composition, where the n-th random number > is f^N(seed), generation of a random sequence, generation of a > sequence of numbers with probability distributions over > non-overlapping intervals, etc. > > There is even Monte-Carlo Integration method - based test :) > > Cheers, > Dimitre > > > > On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx > <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The W3C WGs are looking at the idea of introducing a random-number > function of some kind in XPath 3.1. The challenge of course is making this > both usable and a pure function with no side-effects. We have various > design ideas which we need to test against requirements. > > > > If you have any applications that use or need such a function, please > could I have a brief description of the way it uses random numbers, e.g. > just wanting a single random number, a random permutation of 52 integers, > an arbitrary sequence of random numebrs for test data generation, etc. > > > > If you're currently using the EXSLT random-sequence() function, please > share your experience with it. > > > > Michael Kay > > Saxonica
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