Hello,
currently [random] uses a fixed value for initialisation. This leads to the same sequence of values all the time.
https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/blob/c0cd34924a50bdd1cc37dfb6b01f9be0...
My guess is, that most users probably expect at least different seed values every time.
Maybe the help file should explicitely state the behaviour or a different way for deriving the initial seed should be used, e.g. taking the local time. Or a better PRNG could be used as well.
If we take the solution to initialize [random] with a different seed each time, an explanation on how to revert to the old behaviour of a seed value of 1489853723 should be mentioned in the help.
I could tackle that, but would like a discussion about that before coding.
Thanks, Thomas