This is a way of saying "I don't know". On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That might help if the random class is loaded only once. > > If the different tests each use a new class loader (seems unlikely) then > the static stuff will be executed multiply and the problem will be retained. > > > > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Sean Owen <sro...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Am I right that running tests in 1 JVM instead of n JVMs helps >> mitigate this? because I just committed that change. >> >> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > It doesn't affect the random numbers being generated. >> > >> > But it does eat bits of entropy from /dev/random. That can then get >> starved >> > and block until more entropy is derived. Since the reading is done in a >> > static block instead of on construction, the cost can't be avoided. >> > >> > > > > -- > Ted Dunning, CTO > DeepDyve > > -- Ted Dunning, CTO DeepDyve
