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Bug 21385 – std.random.uniform!T(urng) for integer T disregards urng.min and urng.max when producing the result so it may not actually be uniform

Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: phobos
Product: D
Version: D2
Platform: All
OS: All
Creation time: 2020-11-13T02:47:40Z
Last change time: 2024-12-01T16:37:55Z
Assigned to: No Owner
Creator: Nathan S.

Comments

Comment #0 by n8sh.secondary — 2020-11-13T02:47:40Z

std.random.uniform!T(urng) for integer T disregards urng.min and urng.max when producing the result so it may not actually be uniform. This is not a problem for MersenneTwisterEngine or XorshiftEngine but it is a problem for LinearCongruentialEngine and potentially for user-defined generators.

Comment #1 by robert.schadek — 2024-12-01T16:37:55Z

THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB https://github.com/dlang/phobos/issues/9810 DO NOT COMMENT HERE ANYMORE, NOBODY WILL SEE IT, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB