Re: [sv-ec] Invalid example of srandom - mantis 1391

I believe the 1800-2005 spec says that self is a static function - I'd 
expect it to then be written like this:

process::self().srandom(100);

Is this right?

--Mike Burns


Ryan, Ray wrote:
> I entered mantis #1391 for the following
> 
> In section 13.13.2 the example contains the statement:
> process::self.srandom(100);
> 
> This is not a valid call to srandom. In this statement, the prefix of
> srandom is "process::self". This is a reference to the scope of the self
> method - not a call to the self function. The scope of the self method
> does NOT include the srandom method.
> 
> A correct example should read:
> integer x, y, z;
> fork //set a seed at the start of a thread
> begin 
>   process pvar;
>   pvar = process::self;
>   pvar.srandom(100);
>   x = $urandom;
> end
> //set a seed during a thread
> begin 
>   process pvar;
>   pvar = process::self;
>   y = $urandom;
>   pvar.srandom(200);
> end
> // draw 2 values from the thread RNG
> begin z = $urandom + $urandom ; end
> join
> 
> 
> - Ray
>