Re: Boost.Random

From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-06-17 18:14:55

On 6/17/2020 1:48 PM, John Maddock via Boost wrote:
> 
> On 17/06/2020 15:53, Paul A Bristow via Boost wrote:
>> I have wanted to use boost::random::random_device; as a seeder for my 
>> generator.
>>
>> #include <boost/random/random_device.hpp> // For 
>> boost::random::random_device; seeder
>>
>> But using this requires that I link to a library file
>> // LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 
>> 'libboost_random-vc142-mt-gd-x64-1_73.lib'
>>
>> So I have instead used C++ std random device successfully
>>
>>    using std::random_device;
>>    random_device seeder;
>>    // Use seeder to get a different set of values each time.
>>    static boost::random::mt19937 gen(seeder()); // uint32_t
>>
>> But is there any way I can stick to the Boost version (I imagine that 
>> it might prove more portable?
>> Or is this a delusion?)
> 
> What do you mean by portable?  random_device is inherently non-portable 
> because it's.... random ;)
> 
> In many ways this is something that the std:: version does best as the 
> system implementer knows best how to implement on their OS.  Or you 
> could just link to Boost.Random of course which would work nearly 
> everywhere too I'm sure.

Sorry for breaking in but I have a Random PR for the Embarcadero C++ 
clang-based compilers which is a no-brainer to merge, if anyone has 
access to merge boost.random. Also for Boost.regex I have an Embarcadero 
C++ clang-baed PR waiting to merge.