Re: [boost] [uuid] uuid::create() function

From: Jos Hickson (jos.hickson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-06 11:23:30

On 06/06/07, Peter Dimov <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Jos Hickson wrote:
> > On 05/06/07, Peter Dimov <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >> [snip] ... and if Engine
> >> is a template parameter, we probably need to support engines that
> >> only take a 32 bit seed anyway.
> >
> > Isn't it the case that the maximum seed size is related (equal?) to
> > the difference between the max and min values produced by a particular
> > engine and also that all the engines in Boost Random provide the
> > iterator version of seed?
>
> The seed for mt19937 is 624 words.
Aah, a bit bigger then!