JuliaDiff / JuliaDiff/ChainRules.jl

Check correctness of mod and rem

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Description

We still use a explict seed for testing mod and rem.
During #185 I removed it and those tests failed.

I have not investigated closely, it could be they are doing bad things with the domain.
If so rather than random numbers we should hard-code sensible points.
We do that in a lot of other tests.
I think I in general like that, sensible arbitary numbers rather than seeded random numbers.

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Start with the existing tests for mod and rem, especially the cases that depend on an explicit seed, and compare them with other tests using sensible hard-coded points. Determine why removing the seed causes failures and consider whether fixed domain-appropriate values make the tests reliable. Done means the tests pass without the explicit seed while still checking correct behavior.

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julia
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testing
Issue type
Bug
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