workaround for the MoarVM problem with MP_GEN_RAND et al. (cherry picked from commit 11d6e0391421bc996b2cf780f3f4c3fa634001d0)
workaround for the MoarVM problem with MP_GEN_RAND et al. (cherry picked from commit 11d6e0391421bc996b2cf780f3f4c3fa634001d0)