On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:10:29 -0800, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> 1. Are you cool with making the rng the last parameter and give it a > default value? Yes > 2. The global random generator will be allocated per thread. Are you > cool with this too? Yes > 3. How should the global rng be initialized? To always generate the same > sequence, or not? New sequence each time. A predetermined sequence should be under the application's control and be explicit, IMHO. > 4. While we're at it, should uniform(a, b) generate by default something > in [a, b] or [a, b)? I prefer [a,b] as the default, and I'm thinking integers too. -- Derek Parnell Melbourne, Australia skype: derek.j.parnell
