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<p>> <span style="font-size:12pt">We already have #atRandom for Collection. Is that not adequate for your needs?</span></p>
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<div>Not really, because non-reproducible (smoke) tests are an anti-pattern. Yes, I could hardcode a random seed, but this is all more complicated than #middle. :D</div>
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<div>Best,</div>
<div>Christoph</div>
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>Von:</b> Squeak-dev <squeak-dev-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org> im Auftrag von tim Rowledge <tim@rowledge.org><br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 20. Juni 2022 18:38:34<br>
<b>An:</b> The general-purpose Squeak developers list<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [squeak-dev] The Trunk: Collections-ct.1012.mcz</font>
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> On 2022-06-20, at 5:50 AM, Thiede, Christoph <Christoph.Thiede@student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de> wrote:<br>
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> When I send #middle, I think of #anyOneAboutInTheMiddle. I used this in a few scripts where I wanted to get a sample that is neither from the beginning nor from the end of the collection.<br>
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We already have #atRandom for Collection. Is that not adequate for your needs?<br>
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