Re: Random numbers in tasks

["Papastefanos Serafeim" <serafeim@otenet.gr>]

There is a small problem in that solution, I cannot just
declare the generator in the task type: There is a function in
a different package that is used to return a random
number in a given range and that function is used at
other places too...

Also, those tasks print some things on the screen. Is there a
'smart' way so that each task's output will not get confused
with the output of the others ?


"Bobby D. Bryant" <bdbryant@mail.utexas.edu> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.06.01.03.42.32.191321@mail.utexas.edu...
> On Sat, 31 May 2003 21:09:30 -0500, David C. Hoos wrote:
>
> > "Papastefanos Serafeim" <serafeim@otenet.gr> wrote in message
> > news:bbb8o5$2711$1@ulysses.noc.ntua.gr...
>
> >> I am trying to model a simulation in Ada95 with gnat. There are some
> >> tasks of the same type that use random numbers. Is there a way to make
> >> every task get its own sequence of random numbers ?
> >>
> > Yes.  The task body should declare the generator object. Each instance
> > of the task type, therefore will have its own generator object.
>
> And initialize them with different seeds, or they'll all spew the same
> stream of numbers.
>
> -- 
> Bobby Bryant
> Austin, Texas
>