From pgilbert at bank-banque-canada.ca  Tue Oct 12 23:16:19 2010
From: pgilbert at bank-banque-canada.ca (Paul Gilbert)
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:16:19 -0400
Subject: [Rd] FW: [R] same random numbers in different sessions
Message-ID: <D611103AA7EE3B4DAE7F7D49C72B291A02EB34E1@EXMAIL2.bocad.bank-banque-canada.ca>

From R-help
...
>I notice that you have the IPSUR package loaded;  you know, just a
>shot in the dark here, but did you try not loading it?
>
>I ask because the vignette is built by making a special choice for
>set.seed, and the workspace that ships with the package might be
>interacting in an unexpected way.

Is it possible that a package can save a set seed and have the effect that users get when they save a workspace with the seed set? I think not, but if so, can we check that packages do not save a random seed?

Paul
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[Rd] FW: [R] same random numbers in different sessions
Paul Gilbert