[mlpack-svn] [MLPACK] #182: Random number generators always use the same seed

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#182: Random number generators always use the same seed
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  Reporter:  march        |        Owner:     
      Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  new
  Priority:  minor        |    Milestone:     
 Component:  mlpack       |   Resolution:     
  Keywords:               |     Blocking:     
Blocked By:               |  
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Comment (by rcurtin):

 I'll create a wrapper function in `random.hpp`: `void RandomSeed(const
 size_t seed)`, and this will set the random seed for each internal object
 which the random functions wrap.  Unfortunately the Boost Random library
 is particularly unwieldy and I haven't yet entirely figured out how to do
 this...

 Neil, what do you think of the --seed option?  We've violated the idea of
 "parameters only in main files" for --help and --info already (since they
 are special cases), so the question is whether or not --seed also
 qualifies as a special case.

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