WARNING: Base.GLOBAL_RNG is deprecated: it has been moved to the standard library package `Random`

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julia> using Random

julia> Base.GLOBAL_RNG
WARNING: Base.GLOBAL_RNG is deprecated: it has been moved to the standard library package `Random`.
Add `using Random` to your imports.
 in module Base
MersenneTwister(UInt32[0x551939b5, 0x30ebf9db, 0x8a89bfdd, 0xc06f42ad], Random.DSFMT.DSFMT_state(Int32[-1514060527, 1072828935, 798964544, 1073106308, 686496912, 1072959525, -156353866, 1072961088, -832773014, 1072880393  …  1004327676, 1073297540, -184450213, 1073579314, -52650434, 806077006, -1662434516, -106677665, 382, 0]), [1.54046, 1.6451, 1.36202, 1.65311, 1.88796, 1.91708, 1.86955, 1.65988, 1.43586, 1.13753  …  1.59987, 1.76979, 1.65074, 1.65116, 1.60697, 1.81886, 1.14073, 1.41917, 1.5763, 1.84502], UInt128[0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000  …  0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000000000000000000], 309, 0)
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What’s the issue?

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@carstenbauer, I have already used “using Random”, do I need to use “import Random” in order to use the “Base.GLOBAL_RNG”?

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Calling Base.GLOBAL_RNG still tries to access GLOBAL_RNG in the module Base, from which it was deprecated.

What are you actually trying to do? It might be helpful to consult the Random docs

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@nilshg, I was trying to figure it out what’s going on. Thank you.

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I tested it again. This time,

using Random
Random.GLOBAL_RNG

works.