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Suppose we split a seed into two like this:

split' :: StdGen -> (StdGen, StdGen)
split' g = (g12, g21)
  where (_, g12) = split g1
        (g21, _) = split g2
        (g1, g2) = split g

Since g1 and g2 are independent, g12 and g21 ought to be too. But they're not! If we use both of g12 and g21 to generate a random number in the range [0..10], then the two numbers ought to be equal 1/11 of the time. In fact, they're never equal. Here is a test program that ought to return True 1/11 of the time but actually always returns False:

sample :: StdGen -> (Int, Int)
sample g = (fst (randomR (0, 10) g1),
            fst (randomR (0, 10) g2))
   where (g1, g2) = split' g
test :: StdGen -> Bool
test g = fst (sample g) == snd (sample g)

I attached a program that prints the distribution of values from test for other ranges than [0..10]. The distribution is always quite bad no matter what the range is.

The upshot of all this is that the following QuickCheck (version 2) property always passes, even though it's false:

import Test.QuickCheck
import Text.Show.Functions

newtype Eleven = Eleven Int deriving Eq

instance Arbitrary Eleven where
  arbitrary = fmap Eleven (choose (0, 10))

prop :: (Int -> Eleven) -> Bool
prop f = f 5 /= f 6

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Trac field	Value
Version	6.11
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	libraries/random
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