Re: [AMBER-Developers] ig = -1

From: Jason Swails <jason.swails.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:30:20 -0400

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:22 AM, case <case.biomaps.rutgers.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010, Adrian Roitberg wrote:
>>
>> 1. It would make it impossible to reproduce data exactly (let's say for
>> debugging) unless the user sets him/herself the seed by hand.
>
> The program prints out what value of ig is chosen, so one can use that
> value as input for a re-run to get the same set of random numbers.
> So, one does not have to know in advance that a re-run might be desirable;
> it's always possible just by copying the seed in the old output file to the
> new input file.
>
>>
>> 2. The test cases MUST have a seed set by hand, otherwise they would
>> never pass.
>
> I think this is killer for right now, since there are hundreds of tests that
> would be need to be updated.

Many tests have their own ig... If there's any interest i can compile
a list of those that don't...

>
> .....dac
>
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