Bug 100749

Summary: New port: devel/p5-Test-MockRandom Replaces random number generation with non-random number generation
Product: Ports & Packages Reporter: tjs <tjs>
Component: Individual Port(s)Assignee: Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
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Description tjs 2006-07-23 15:20:09 UTC
This perhaps ridiculous-seeming module was created to test
routines that manipulate random numbers by providing a known
output from rand. Given a list of seeds with srand, it will
return each in turn. After seeded random numbers are
exhausted, it will always return 0. Seed numbers must be of
a form that meets the expected output from rand as called
with no arguments -- i.e. they must be between 0 (inclusive)
and 1 (exclusive). In order to facilitate generating and
testing a nearly-one number, this module exports the function
oneish, which returns a number just fractionally less than one.

Depending on how this module is called with use, it will
export rand to a specified package (e.g. a class being tested)
effectively overriding and intercepting calls in that package
to the built-in rand. It can also override rand in the current
package or even globally. In all of these cases, it also
exports srand and oneish to the current package in order to
control the output of rand. See "USAGE" for details.

Alternatively, this module can be used to generate objects,
with each object maintaining its own distinct seed array.

WWW:    http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-MockRandom/
Comment 1 Emanuel Haupt freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2006-07-24 10:32:59 UTC
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-ports-bugs->ehaupt

Take.
Comment 2 Emanuel Haupt freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2006-07-25 22:00:10 UTC
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

New port added. Thanks!