Re: [boost] [xint] Third release is ready, requesting preliminary review

Subject: Re: [boost] [xint] Third release is ready, requesting preliminary review
From: Scott McMurray (me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-02 12:37:49

On 2 May 2010 10:58, Chad Nelson <chad.thecomfychair_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> I've been assuming that the copy-on-write was responsible for the major
> part of the speed difference, but after thinking about it, that doesn't
> make a lot of sense. The serialized access to the random number
> generator could be responsible for a good part of it. The tests I based
> that assumption on used it heavily. I'll run some further tests when I
> have a chance today to see how they turn out.
>

Why do you have a global random number generator at all?

Boost.Random doesn't provide one, so I don't see why you should either.