paludis::Random Class Reference
[Utilities]

#include <random.hh>

List of all members.

Basic operations
	Random (uint32_t seed)
	Constructor, with a seed.
	Random ()
	Constructor, with a magic random seed.
Public Member Functions
template<typename DiffType_ >
DiffType_	operator() (DiffType_ max)
	Fetch a random number in (0, max].

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Detailed Description

A basic random number generator class, which is not suitable for cryptography but is fast and reasonably pseudorandom.

See TCppPL 22.7 for justification. See TaoCP2 3.2.1 for the basic algorithm and AppCrypt 16.1 for the choice of numbers.

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