IRC log for #brlcad on 20180509

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22:13.32 brlcad starseeker: I was thinking that the randomness would be defined by the sample method -- e.g., if it used bn_randmt internally, then you could call bn_randmt's seed function to reproduce a given sequence of colors
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22:15.25 brlcad is there really a use case that really begs for custom random number generators? I was aiming for API simplicity over flexibility (note there's not even a way to specify h/s/v parameters -- they're embedded into predefined methods we find useful)
22:17.32 brlcad if we need more flexibility, I'd use a different API pattern -- instead of optional args that might rarely get used, I'd make it context-based where you specify parameters and "evaluate/compile/commit" the context
22:18.01 brlcad I can write up what those same examples might look like with that pattern this weekend
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