[TEST] Make randomNonNegativeLong() draw from a uniform distribution #27856
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Currently
randomNonNegativeLong()returns0half as often as any positivelong, but random number generators are typically expected to return uniformly-distributed values unless otherwise specified. This fixes this issue by mappingLong.MIN_VALUEdirectly onto0rather than resampling.Admittedly, any specific value is extraordinarily unlikely, so the bias that this PR fixes is undetectable in all practical senses. I doubt we've ever been round this loop more than once.