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# Reproducible randomness source for tests
Having reproducible tests helps debugging problems that have probabilistic nature. This library provides
a random numbers generator [`DevRng`] compatible with [`rand`] crate (it implements [`Rng`],
[`RngCore`], [`SeedableRng`] traits). When generator is constructed, its seed is printed to stdout.
You can override a seed by setting `RUST_TESTS_SEED` env variable. Same seed leads to same randomness
generated across all platforms.
[`Rng`]: rand::Rng
[`RngCore`]: rand::RngCore
[`SeedableRng`]: rand::SeedableRng
## Usage
Reproducible source of randomness can be added in one line:
```rust
use rand::Rng;
use rand_dev::DevRng;
#[test]
fn it_works() {
let mut rng = DevRng::new();
assert!(rng.gen_range(0..=10) < 10);
}
```
Then if test fails, you can observe seed of randomness generator in stdout:
```text
$ cargo test
Finished test [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.00s
Running unittests (target/debug/deps/simple_usage-592d47155d40d1f7)
running 1 test
test tests::it_works ... FAILED
failures:
---- tests::it_works stdout ----
Tests seed: cab4ab5c8471fa03691bb86d96c2febeb9b1099a78d164e8addbe7f83d107c78
thread 'tests::it_works' panicked at 'assertion failed: rng.gen_range(0..=10) < 10', src/lib.rs:9:9
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
failures:
tests::it_works
test result: FAILED. 0 passed; 1 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.00s
```
Now you can fix the seed by setting env variable to reproduce and debug a failing test:
```text
$ export RUST_TESTS_SEED=cab4ab5c8471fa03691bb86d96c2febeb9b1099a78d164e8addbe7f83d107c78
$ cargo test
```
[`DevRng`]: https://docs.rs/rand_dev/latest/rand_dev/struct.DevRng.html
[`rand`]: https://docs.rs/rand
## License
Licensed under either of
* Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
* MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
### Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you,
as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.