On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 09:04:44PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi Patrick, > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2025, Patrick Steinhardt wrote: > > > The `generate_random_characters()` helper function generates N > > random characters in the range 'a-z' and writes them into a file. The > > logic currently uses Perl, but it can be adapted rather easily by: > > > > - Making `test-tool genrandom` generate an infinite stream. > > > > - Using `tr -dc` to strip all characters which aren't in the range of > > 'a-z'. > > > > - Using `test_copy_bytes()` to copy the first N bytes. > > It would be conceptually more elegant to teach `genrandom` to optionally > output only lower-case letters. But that would be admittedly result in a > larger patch, therefore I am okay with keeping the patch as-is. Yeah, it's basically the same reason why I decided against teaching `test-tool genzeros` to output arbitrary characters. And again, I'm happy to adapt if anybody feels strongly, but meanwhile I'm being pragmatic and go with the simple solution. Patrick
