Re: Assertion tripped in boost::uniform_int

From: matts_temp_id (mvogt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-13 18:22:57

Hi, sorry for the delay.

--- In Boost-Users_at_[hidden], David Pearce <yg-boost-users_at_m...>
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> > template <class T>
> > T random(T min, T max)
> > {
> >   boost::random_number_generator<RngType, T> rng(pseudo_rng);
> >   return rng(max - min + 1) + min;
> > }
> 
> I presume that you sometimes call random with min = max ?

Well, that's not my intention, but I can't assert that it didn't
happen in this case - there are some data-dependent invocations of the
 random number generator.

I would have thought that the generator would return 0 for rng(1).

Thanks,
Matt.

> 
> Dave
> 
> > Am I doing something wrong, or is there a fault in the
uniform_int 
> > algorithm?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Matt.
> > 
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