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| author | alandonovan <adonovan@google.com> | 2019-05-14 14:50:16 -0400 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-05-14 14:50:16 -0400 |
| commit | 9316ba3d7775a7ea1981c9edc7cf361ea02d3c82 (patch) | |
| tree | 98c96bd09d158f6259b692e82cf2f66679b100a5 /doc | |
| parent | 95b2783e7d631cdd90ab8ac367c53e1d1f42c776 (diff) | |
| download | starlark-go-9316ba3d7775a7ea1981c9edc7cf361ea02d3c82.tar.gz | |
doc: mention reproducibility as a core feature (#199)
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diff --git a/doc/spec.md b/doc/spec.md index 89f66dd..1f188cc 100644 --- a/doc/spec.md +++ b/doc/spec.md @@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ effects on the host application. As a result, Starlark has no need for classes, exceptions, reflection, concurrency, and other such features of Python. +Starlark execution is _deterministic_: all functions and operators +in the core language produce the same execution each time the program +is run; there are no sources of random numbers, clocks, or unspecified +iterators. This makes Starlark suitable for use in applications where +reproducibility is paramount, such as build tools. ## Contents |