possible test failure in upcoming Julia version 1.5

[rfourquet]

A PkgEval run for a Julia pull request which changes the generated numbers for rand(a:b) indicates that the tests of this package might fail in Julia 1.5 (and on Julia current master branch).

Also, you might be interested in using the new StableRNGs.jl registered package, which provides guaranteed stable streams of random numbers across Julia releases.

Apologies if this is a false positive. Cf. https://github.com/JuliaCI/NanosoldierReports/blob/ab6676206b210325500b4f4619fa711f2d7429d2/pkgeval/by_hash/52c2272_vs_47c55db/logs/LLLplus/1.5.0-DEV-87d2a04de3.log

[chrisvwx]

Thanks! I will look at this more next week; I may wait until we're closer to 1.5 to address it.

StableRNGs looks like it's your package; it looks interesting and useful. If I read the README right, you're using a linear congruential generator (LCG). As a bit of trivia, I think the LLL can be used to implement Knuth's Spectral test of LCGs; see section 3.3.4 of vol 2

[rfourquet]

StableRNGs looks like it's your package

Yes I made it because some people dislike that the RNG can change in minor Julia version :)
Thank you for the pointer to Knuth's Spectral test, I will have a closer look when I have time. I would believe BigCrush includes such a test, but I will have to check.