[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #9907: lagged_fibonacci_01_engine: is of type double, not uint

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #9907: lagged_fibonacci_01_engine: is of type double, not uint
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-04-14 21:53:18

#9907: lagged_fibonacci_01_engine: is of type double, not uint
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 Reporter:  thijs@…           |      Owner:  no-maintainer
     Type:  Bugs              |     Status:  new
Milestone:  To Be Determined  |  Component:  random
  Version:  Boost 1.55.0      |   Severity:  Cosmetic
 Keywords:                    |
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 The C++11 random engines require to return unsigned integer values.

 The typedefs defined in lagged_fibonacci.hpp all have *double* for the
 UIntType, e.g.

 typedef lagged_fibonacci_01_engine< double, 48, 607, 273 >
 lagged_fibonacci607;

 Maybe the boost random engines don't require the samples to be unsigned
 integers? However, C++11 distributions might expect them to be, if so then
 this might cause incompatibility issues between boost random and C++11
 random?

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/9907>
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