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[Bernd Gaertner <>]

Julien Demouth wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Maybe it is a question which has already been raised (I've seen no sign 
> of this in the archive of the list) but why does the CGAL::Random 
> documentation page differ from its implementation ?

In which respect does it differ?

> Is there any plan of designing a "better" Random class ? 

If you mean the fact that you get the same sequence when you use the 
same seed, then I don't think it's bad. After all, it must be possible 
to reproduce the "random" data that for example lead to a failing run of 
an algorithm.

Best,
Bernd.