Re: [Boost-users] 1.36.0 boost/random/uniform_01 Infinite[?] Loop

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] 1.36.0 boost/random/uniform_01 Infinite[?] Loop
From: Dave Steenburgh (dave.steenburgh_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-16 21:01:05

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> The constructor takes a baseGenerator by value, which is then destroyed
> when
>  the constructor returns.
>

Believe it or not, I thought about that when I wrote it, and was amazed that
it worked.  I promptly forgot about it, and then was severely confused later
when I compiled in debug mode, which for me includes turning off
optimizations.  So, is it just pure luck that it works fine in so many
cases?  I find it hard to believe that the optimizations would have
eliminated enough stack activity so that it worked reliably.