Re: [boost] [TR1] std_run_random failure with VC9 SP1

Richard Webb wrote:

The std_run_random test is failing on VC9 SP1 (http://tinyurl.com/64xsr5), seemingly because the mersenne_twister implementation doesn't like being seeded with 0:

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void seed(unsigned long _X0 = default_seed) { // set initial values from specified value _RNG_ASSERT(0 < _X0, "invalid argument for mersenne_twister::seed");

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Is that a bug in SP1, or an incorrect test?

Ah, I believe it may be the test that's incorrect: I've checked the TR text and it's very specific about what seed does, and a zero value makes no real sense. I'll fix the test. Thanks for the catch, John.