> "This lack of dependency must inherently mean that it will yield the same value upon each invocation having the same set of arguments" That quote was written

> "This lack of dependency must inherently mean that it will yield the same value upon each invocation having the same set of arguments" That quote was written in a "this is what most of us used to think" sort of way, it was never intended to be read literally - though maybe I should clearify the intent. I certainly agree with your post, and your little hack is very cute; +1! :-)