[vtkusers] Crash using vtkMath::RandomSeed

[Dean Inglis]

Im using vtkMath::RandomSeed( long s ) to generate
a random sequence of numbers uniformly distributed between 0 and 1
(VTK latest CVS, static Release build , Win32 Vista, VSExpress 2005).
I get a crash when I run this simple command line app:

int main( int argc, char* argv[])
{
vtkMath::RandomSeed(123);
return EXIT_SUCCESS:
}

The documentation in vtkMath.h says

  // Description:
  // Initialize seed value. NOTE: Random() has the bad property that
  // the first random number returned after RandomSeed() is called
  // is proportional to the seed value! To help solve this, call
  // RandomSeed() a few times inside seed. This doesn't ruin the
  // repeatability of Random().
  //
  // DON'T USE Random(), RandomSeed(), GetSeed(), Gaussian()
  // THIS IS STATIC SO THIS IS PRONE TO ERRORS (SPECIAL FOR REGRESSION 
TESTS)
  // THIS IS HERE FOR BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY ONLY.
  // Instead, for a sequence of random numbers with a uniform distribution
  // create a vtkMinimalStandardRandomSequence object.
  // For a sequence of random numbers with a gaussian/normal distribution
  // create a vtkBoxMuellerRandomSequence object.
  static void RandomSeed(int s);

however, in vtkMath.cxx, RandomSeed just calls an internally maintained
vtkMinimalStandardRandomSequence:

void vtkMath::RandomSeed(int s)
{
  vtkMath::Internal.Uniform->SetSeed(s);
}

any ideas what is going on here?  Has anyone else experience this problem?

Dean