Use of std::rand() in BGL?

From: oliver.frick_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-05-11 13:45:46

Hello.
To my surprise I just found that BGL utility funtion 
random_number() uses the C standard rand() function, which is 
then used by random_vertex(). Furthermore it processes the 
random number by applying modulus N, something that is 
considered numerically dangerous by many. I would suggest 
that a RNG object from the boost random library could be 
passed to random_vertex().

Oliver Frick