Re: [Boost-users] random number generator 160 bit.

From: Stephan Tolksdorf (andorxor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-10 03:51:51

chun ping wang wrote:
> yeah i get this error.  bad numeric conversion: positive overflow Still 
> i need some way to generate a 160 bit integer somehow. ... :(

Just generate 5 unsigned integers of 32bit size. Of course, there's no 
built-in data type capable of holding so many bits, but you could put 
the uint's into a continues array and treat the array as one big number.

Stephan