Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3516: lagged fibonacci cannot be seeded with a value 0 - fails with assertion error

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3516: lagged fibonacci cannot be seeded with a value 0 - fails with assertion error
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-12 19:04:48

#3516: lagged fibonacci cannot be seeded with a value 0 - fails with assertion
error
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 Reporter:  Paul H. Isaacson <paul.isaacson@…>              |       Owner:  no-maintainer
     Type:  Bugs                                            |      Status:  new          
Milestone:  Boost 1.41.0                                    |   Component:  random       
  Version:  Boost 1.40.0                                    |    Severity:  Problem      
 Keywords:  lagged fibonacci seed 0                         |  
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Comment(by steven_watanabe):

 This is a limitation of the seeding algorithm.  lagged_fibonacci::seed is
 documented to use minstd_rand0 which cannot be seeded with 0.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3516#comment:1>
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