Re: [boost] [xint] Boost.XInt formal review

Subject: Re: [boost] [xint] Boost.XInt formal review
From: Dick Bridges (Dick.Bridges_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-03 13:14:49

This is not a review, simply a question with regard to the
default_random_generator constructor.

 

If I'm reading random.hpp correctly, there is no way for a user to provide
the seed value - a useful

feature for folks like myself that use PRNGs to model stochastic processes.
We frequently need to

repeat a particular sequence of 'random numbers'. Any chance the seed could
be passed as a

parameter defaulted to the existing hard coded time/clock? As long as I'm
asking, perhaps the ability

to provide a special-purpose generator of our own design?

 

I'd also like to express my appreciation for the effort you've obviously
expended on this project.

Thank you.

 

Dick Bridges

Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

 

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