java.lang.Random is Serializable but scala.util.Random is not

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There doesn't seem to be a good reason why scala.util.Random shouldn't be serializable. It uses java's Random as parameter and that is serializable.

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Imported From: https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-4664?orig=1
Reporter: Przemyslaw Horban (horban)
Affected Versions: 2.8.1, 2.9.1

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@adriaanm said:
scala/scala#1672

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@adriaanm said (edited on Feb 9, 2013 9:48:28 PM UTC):
Due to binary compatibility restrictions, this cannot go into 2.10.1-RC1.

See scala/scala#2103.