lib/standard: use `NIT_SRAND` envvar to control the random number generator

[nit.git] / lib / standard / environ.nit

diff --git a/lib/standard/environ.nit b/lib/standard/environ.nit
index 2f6ae46..0abe7f3 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/standard/environ.nit
+++ b/lib/standard/environ.nit
@@ -60,3 +60,11 @@ redef class NativeString
        private fun get_environ: NativeString is extern "string_NativeString_NativeString_get_environ_0"
        private fun setenv( v : NativeString ) is extern "string_NativeString_NativeString_setenv_1"
 end
+
+redef class Sys
+       redef init
+       do
+               var x = "NIT_SRAND".environ
+               if x != "" then srand_from(x.to_i)
+       end
+end