Subject: [xsl] Random number generation : requirements From: "Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 16:54:03 -0000 |
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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