[Boost-users] random package Re: Boost release 1.40.0 is available

Subject: [Boost-users] random package Re: Boost release 1.40.0 is available
From: Andreas Fabri (andreas.fabri_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-27 15:51:49

Hello,

I am wondering if 1.40.0 has solved the bugs reported and fixed for the
random numbers package.

The below message plus the discussions in the Archives don't give
the impression that the package is in a good shape, but maybe this
is now history, and it were only some central bugs that are fixed no.

Andreas Fabri

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [random] Bias in boost::random generators?
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 10:18:47 -0700
From: Steven Watanabe <watanabesj_at_[hidden]>
Reply-To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
Organization: Providere Consulting, Inc.
To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
References: <gv8e5v$o64$1_at_[hidden]><4A184866.6060209_at_[hidden]>	<4A18FA1F.7090909_at_[hidden]>	<A933BC46C3614F58B5DE8C447E2B9FCC_at_pdimov2> 
<gvbhcr$3oa$1_at_[hidden]>

AMDG

Tiago de Paula Peixoto wrote:
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 > Peter Dimov wrote:
 >
 >> Tiago de Paula Peixoto:
 >>
 >>
 >>> In any case, uniform_int<> and uniform_smallint<> are quite broken, if
 >>> they can't be uniform for such a small range.
 >>>
 >> They are (quite broken).
 >>
 >> http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2008/01/132347.php
 >> http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2006/03/102027.php
 >> http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2004/08/70611.php
 >> http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2006/08/108839.php
 >>
 >> Unfortunately, Jens Maurer has stopped maintaining Boost.Random, and
 >> random numbers are tricky enough so noone else with the sufficient
 >> expertise has taken over.
 >>
 >
 > Well, I'll use tr1::random from now on, but I think there should be at
 > least a big red warning in the documentation website about this,
 > specially if no one will address these problems in the near future...
 >

uniform_int is now fixed in the trunk.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe

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