patch 8.1.2342: random number generator in Vim script is slow
Problem: Random number generator in Vim script is slow.
Solution: Add rand() and srand(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, closes #1277)
diff --git a/src/testdir/Make_all.mak b/src/testdir/Make_all.mak
index ac25420..f6d6c17 100644
--- a/src/testdir/Make_all.mak
+++ b/src/testdir/Make_all.mak
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@
test_pyx3 \
test_quickfix \
test_quotestar \
+ test_random \
test_recover \
test_regex_char_classes \
test_regexp_latin \
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@
test_pyx3.res \
test_quickfix.res \
test_quotestar.res \
+ test_random.res \
test_regex_char_classes.res \
test_registers.res \
test_restricted.res \
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_random.vim b/src/testdir/test_random.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..381475a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/test_random.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+" Tests for srand() and rand()
+
+func Test_Rand()
+ let r = srand(123456789)
+ call assert_equal([123456789, 362436069, 521288629, 88675123], r)
+ call assert_equal(3701687786, rand(r))
+ call assert_equal(458299110, rand(r))
+ call assert_equal(2500872618, rand(r))
+ call assert_equal(3633119408, rand(r))
+ call assert_equal(516391518, rand(r))
+
+ call test_settime(12341234)
+ let s = srand()
+ call assert_equal(s, srand())
+ call test_settime(12341235)
+ call assert_notequal(s, srand())
+
+ call srand()
+ let v = rand()
+ call assert_notequal(v, rand())
+
+ call assert_fails('echo srand([1])', 'E745:')
+ call assert_fails('echo rand([1, 2, 3])', 'E475:')
+ call assert_fails('echo rand([[1], 2, 3, 4])', 'E475:')
+ call assert_fails('echo rand([1, [2], 3, 4])', 'E475:')
+ call assert_fails('echo rand([1, 2, [3], 4])', 'E475:')
+ call assert_fails('echo rand([1, 2, 3, [4]])', 'E475:')
+endfunc