[boost] Random library: fn seed returning current seed value- why not

From: Csaba Szepesvari (cszepes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-19 10:21:38

Hello,

It would be nice to retrieve the current seed: I want to dump it so that
later I can reproduce the experiments I am running (that use the random
library).
Is there a bona fide reason not to return the seed (e.g. in the seed
function).
The issue comes in when using seed without params (for "random"
initialization).
Of course, I could move the code inside seed to my code and set the seed
explicitly.
I just thought that the interface would be nicer that way (and I won't need
to copy code).

- Csaba