glib/grand.h
Sebastian Wilhelmi 32241715f4 Updated G_RAND_DOUBLE_TRANSFORM to be more accurate. Redid g_rand_double()
2000-12-19  Sebastian Wilhelmi  <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>

	* grand.c: Updated G_RAND_DOUBLE_TRANSFORM to be more
	accurate. Redid g_rand_double() such that it returns 52 bits after
	the point instead of 32 as before. That OTOH requires calling
	g_rand_int() twice. Overhauled g_rand_int_range(), which is easier
	now thanks to the new precision of g_rand_double(). Thanks to
	Sverre Johansen <sj@ifi.uio.no> for the hint.

	* grand.h: Added g_rand_boolean() and g_random_boolean()
	macros. While they could be omitted due to extreme simplicity,
	they make intention clearer in code and are therefore good to have.

	* grand.c, grand.h: Renamed all 'min' and 'max' parameters to'
	begin' and 'end' resp. to avoid making people think, that 'max' is
	included in the interval. 'end' now isn't, whereas 'begin'
	is. That's similar to the use in the STL.

	* glib/glib-sections.txt: Added g_rand_boolean and
	g_random_boolean macros.

	* glib/tmpl/random_numbers.sgml: Updated.
2000-12-19 15:57:53 +00:00

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/* GLIB - Library of useful routines for C programming
* Copyright (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*/
/*
* Modified by the GLib Team and others 1997-2000. See the AUTHORS
* file for a list of people on the GLib Team. See the ChangeLog
* files for a list of changes. These files are distributed with
* GLib at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/.
*/
#ifndef __G_RAND_H__
#define __G_RAND_H__
#include <gtypes.h>
G_BEGIN_DECLS
typedef struct _GRand GRand;
/* GRand - a good and fast random number generator: Mersenne Twister
* see http://www.math.keio.ac.jp/~matumoto/emt.html for more info.
* The range functions return a value in the intervall [begin, end).
* int -> [0..2^32-1]
* int_range -> [begin..end-1]
* double -> [0..1)
* double_range -> [begin..end)
*/
GRand* g_rand_new_with_seed (guint32 seed);
GRand* g_rand_new (void);
void g_rand_free (GRand *rand);
void g_rand_set_seed (GRand *rand,
guint32 seed);
#define g_rand_boolean(rand) (g_rand_int ((rand)) & (1<<15))
guint32 g_rand_int (GRand *rand);
gint32 g_rand_int_range (GRand *rand,
gint32 begin,
gint32 end);
gdouble g_rand_double (GRand *rand);
gdouble g_rand_double_range (GRand *rand,
gdouble begin,
gdouble end);
void g_random_set_seed (guint32 seed);
#define g_random_boolean() (g_rand_boolean ((rand)))
guint32 g_random_int (void);
gint32 g_random_int_range (gint32 begin,
gint32 end);
gdouble g_random_double (void);
gdouble g_random_double_range (gdouble begin,
gdouble end);
G_END_DECLS
#endif /* __G_RAND_H__ */