This is a non-thread version. This exposes a PDL bug. That is PDL::srandom has no effect and must call CORE::srand(N) instead for predictable output. The relay block guarantees that worker1 outputs first, followed by worker2, and so on.

Edit 1: MCE checks for PDL::Primitive->can('srand'), but missed checking PDL::Primitive->can('srandom'). Resolved in MCE v1.894 and MCE::Shared v1.889.

Edit 2: MCE configures an internal seed. It turns out that MCE may not know the srand or setter used by the application. Releasing MCE 1.895 and MCE::Shared 1.890. I updated the demonstration to process a sequence of numbers (lesser memory consumption). See also, Predictability Summary.

Loops 3276800

#!/usr/bin/perl
use v5.030;
use PDL;
use MCE 1.895;

CORE::srand(3);   # This also, for MCE predictable results
                  # MCE sets internal seed = CORE::random()

PDL::srandom(3);  # PDL::srand(3) v1.062 ~ v1.089

MCE->new(
    use_threads => 0,  # Ensure non-threads on Windows
    max_workers => 16,
    init_relay => 0,
    user_func => sub {
        my $output = "";
        for (1..3276800) {
            my $r = random();
            $output .= sprintf "%.72f\n", $r;
        }
        MCE::relay {
            print $output;
        };
    }
)->run;

[download]
$ perl pdl-rand-mce.pl | wc -l
52428800

$ perl pdl-rand-mce.pl | cksum
3755051732 3932160000
$ perl pdl-rand-mce.pl | cksum
3755051732 3932160000
$ perl pdl-rand-mce.pl | cksum
3755051732 3932160000

$ perl pdl-rand-mce.pl | LC_ALL=C sort -u | wc -l
$ perl pdl-rand-mce.pl | LC_ALL=C mcesort -j16 -u | wc -l
$ perl pdl-rand-mce.pl | LC_ALL=C parsort --parallel=16 -u | wc -l
52428799

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Loops 3276800 Iterate Piddle

#!/usr/bin/perl
use v5.030;
use PDL;
use MCE 1.895;

CORE::srand(3);   # This also, for MCE predictable results
                  # MCE sets internal seed = CORE::random()

PDL::srandom(3);  # PDL::srand(3) v1.062 ~ v1.089

MCE->new(
    use_threads => 0,  # Ensure non-threads on Windows
    max_workers => 16,
    init_relay => 0,
    user_func => sub {
        my $output = "";
        my $pdl = PDL->random(3276800);
        foreach (0 .. $pdl->nelem - 1) {
            my $r = $pdl->at($_);
            $output .= sprintf "%.72f\n", $r;
        }
        MCE::relay {
            print $output;
        };
    }
)->run;

[download]
$ perl pdl-rand-mce2.pl | wc -l
52428800

$ perl pdl-rand-mce2.pl | cksum
1425016579 3932160000
$ perl pdl-rand-mce2.pl | cksum
1425016579 3932160000
$ perl pdl-rand-mce2.pl | cksum
1425016579 3932160000

$ perl pdl-rand-mce2.pl | LC_ALL=C sort -u | wc -l
$ perl pdl-rand-mce2.pl | LC_ALL=C mcesort -j16 -u | wc -l
$ perl pdl-rand-mce2.pl | LC_ALL=C parsort --parallel=16 -u | wc -l
52428799

[download]

The parallel mcesort program is found at GitHub Gist. Another option is GNU parallel parsort.

In reply to Re^14: PDL and srand puzzle - PDL non-thread testing by marioroy
in thread PDL and srand puzzle by syphilis

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