marvin::utils::RandomGenerator< Engine > Class Template Reference

A class for (pseudo) random number generation. More...

#include <marvin_Random.h>

Public Member Functions
	RandomGenerator (std::random_device &rd)
template<NumericType T>
T	generate (Range< T > range) noexcept

Detailed Description

template<RandomEngineType Engine>
class marvin::utils::RandomGenerator< Engine >

A class for (pseudo) random number generation.

This class is a wrapper around the usual modern c++ random approach, with a templated Engine type. Below is a copy pasted excerpt from the cppreference information about the random engine types: number of trade-offs:

The linear congruential engine (std::minstd_rand, std::minstd_rand0) is moderately fast and has a very small storage requirement for state.
The Mersenne twister engine (std::mt19937, std::mt19937_64) is slower and has greater state storage requirements but with the right parameters has the longest non-repeating sequence with the most desirable spectral characteristics (for a given definition of desirable).<br> The subtract with carry engine (std::ranlux24_base, std::ranlux48_base) is very fast even on processors without advanced arithmetic instruction sets, at the expense of greater state storage and sometimes less desirable spectral characteristics.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

RandomGenerator()

template<RandomEngineType Engine>

marvin::utils::RandomGenerator< Engine >::RandomGenerator ( std::random_device & rd )

explicit

As it's not recommended to have multiple copies of a std::random_device, this class relies on one to be provided to its constructor, which is used to configure the internal std::mt19937 rng.

Parameters

rd	An instance of a std::random_device to seed the internal rng with.

Member Function Documentation

generate()

template<RandomEngineType Engine>

template<NumericType T>

T marvin::utils::RandomGenerator< Engine >::generate ( Range< T > range )

inlinenodiscardnoexcept

Generates a (pseudo) random number in the given Range. Internally uses the appropriate std::uniform_t_distribution depending on if T is an integral type, or a float-type.

Parameters

range

An instance of the Range POD type, specifying the min and max values the rng should generate between.

Returns

A pseudo random number in range.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• /home/runner/work/mostly-harmless/mostly-harmless/modules/marvin/include/marvin/utils/marvin_Random.h