random_seed cannot actually be set when creating a new study

[baperry2]

sherpa/sherpa/core.py

Line 84 in ff6466e

random_seed (int): seed to use for NumPy random number generators

This functionality shows up in the documentation of the function, but not the implementation.

Ideally, the ability to set the random seed when creating a new study would be added to enable reproducibility. If not, it should be removed from the documentation to avoid confusion.

[theisjendal]

I agree. It would be very nice to have reproducible experiments. Also if an error occurs it would be easier to debug as well.