[LAD] random curiosity

[Gabriel M. Beddingfield]

On Tue, 26 Jan 2010, cal wrote:

>> That is to say, if you need a reproduceable string of "random" numbers
>> on each thread (e.g. for unit testing), then random_r() is your man.
>> Otherwise, it sounds like more trouble than it's worth.
> As I understand it, zyn wants a reproducible sequence for mainstream,
> plus a reproducible per note sequence seeded according to the current
> point in the mainstream sequence. Interrupting and resuming the
> mainstream sequence was the issue I was looking to simplify. If you step
> over srandom_r(), it's really not any great trouble.

Kind of like where the random number generator is part of 
the envelope, huh?  That makes sense... in which case 
random_r() would be a good use for that.

-gabriel