[Boost-users] random: uniform_01 usage and mixing boost::random with boost::math::normal

Subject: [Boost-users] random: uniform_01 usage and mixing boost::random with boost::math::normal
From: Hicham Mouline (hicham_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-02-16 09:07:26

Hello,

I have this code:

        boost::mt19937 mers;
        boost::uniform_01<boost::mt19937> uf01(mers);
        boost::exponential_distribution<> ed(0.1);

I call the operator() on uf01  3 million times, as
   uf01()

I don't quite understand the warning in the documentation about the
constructor taking the generator by value.
This means that my mers doesn't change between calls to  uf01().
Is this bad? Will it affect the quality of the randomness of the uniform
numbers generated?

I also have
        boost::math::normal nrm;
and I use
        boost::math::cdf(nrm, ¡­)
and 
        boost::math::quantile( nrm, ¡­ );

Are there any issues with using both boost¡Ëmath¡Ënormal and other
distributions from the boost¡Ërandom library?

Regards,