[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #54342] rand() produces different results on octave 4.4.0 compared to earlier versions

[Dan Sebald]

Follow-up Comment #19, bug #54342 (project octave):

Yes, muddled.  That's why I wouldn't be worried about compatibility with its
v5 syntax.

The complicated part--and I'm not saying that this is a issue here, for the
reason I just stated--is that I thought I had read that Matlab's recent
behavior is to have just one r.n.g. for all such functions.  Conflating
compatibility across the board will mean


octave:6> rand("state",0)
octave:7> randn("state",0)
octave:8> x1 = rand()
x1 =  0.84442
octave:9> x2 = rand()
x2 =  0.75795
octave:10> rand("state",0)
octave:11> x1 = rand()
x1 =  0.84442
octave:12> y1 = randn()
y1 = -1.2248
octave:13> x2 = rand()
x2 =  0.75795


isn't consistent; the calling of y1=randn() should alter the next outcome of
x2=rand().

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