Re: srand, rand

[Martin Grabmueller]

> From: Dirk Herrmann <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 17:52:43 +0200 (MEST)
> 
> Is there any interest in adding scheme level functions for accessing the C
> level random functions?  I just wanted to set a C random seed from guile
> and had to define my own wrapper for srand.  This is probably a common
> situation for people who are linking guile to existing C code which uses
> rand() from the standard C library.

I think it's a nice idea.  It would also help people coming from C to
get started easily with Guile.  And it wouldn't be a big change
anyway, would it?

Regards,
  'martin