Re: [boost] [random] new threefry random engine

Subject: Re: [boost] [random] new threefry random engine
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-04-23 11:06:52

Thijs van den Berg wrote:

> FYI,  -as a design experiment-  I’m refactoring the threefry engine to see 
> if John’s idea is better. Even if the RandomFunction concept never makes 
> it, then it might still result in better reusable components that make it 
> easier to develop additional engines based on these random functions.

A RandomFunction is basically a high-grade hash function, right? If so, it 
might be worth investigating whether to switch Boost.Hash to use the 
threefry random function. There are people who find it inconvenient that 
hash_value( 5 ) is 5 and would rather prefer a "random" output.