[boost] Re: www.boost.org updated

From: Nathan Myers (ncm_at_[hidden])
Date: 1998-12-13 02:51:28

Kevlin wrote:

> I do not see that having alternative implementations of a random number
> generator is necessarily a bad thing, esp as the one I was proposing had
> different usage properties (ie template parameterisation), performance
> characteristics and explores a different model consistent with other parts
> of the standard library.
> 
> * Random number generation, using a generator function conforming to std
> requirements.
> * An adaptor class, templated on (and initialised by an instance of) a
> random generator type, that allows a generator to be used as a forward
> iterator to const.
> * An adaptor that creates the effect of a pseudo-container by taking a
> begin iterator and count -- this last is more general purpose.

I like the idea of separating the source of random bits from the 
rest of the packaging.  I see viewing them as functions, iterators, 
and streams all reasonable, and I would not like to have to choose 
just one view.  What we need in Boost is a primitive form with 
optimal performance, and suitable to attach to adapters that don't 
add overhead.

Nathan Myers
ncm_at_[hidden]

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