[SPARK-10116] XORShiftRandom should generate uniform seeds

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.0, 2.0.0
• Component/s: Spark Core
• Assignee: Imran Rashid
• Reporter: Imran Rashid
• Created: 19/Aug/15 15:19
• Updated: 03/Dec/15 03:28
• Resolved: 06/Nov/15 20:06

Description

XORShiftRandom.hashSeed is supposed to generate random bits, but b/c of a cast to Long, the high bits are not random.

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Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #8314 (squito)