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- // This may look like C code, but it is really -*- C++ -*-
- /*
- Copyright (C) 1988 Free Software Foundation
- written by Dirk Grunwald (grunwald@cs.uiuc.edu)
-
- This file is part of the GNU C++ Library. This library is free
- software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
- the GNU Library 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 Library General Public License for more details.
- You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
- License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- */
- #ifndef _RNG_h
- #define _RNG_h 1
- #ifdef __GNUG__
- #pragma interface
- #endif
-
- #include <assert.h>
- #include <math.h>
-
- union PrivateRNGSingleType { // used to access floats as unsigneds
- float s;
- unsigned long u;
- };
-
- union PrivateRNGDoubleType { // used to access doubles as unsigneds
- double d;
- unsigned long u[2];
- };
-
- //
- // Base class for Random Number Generators. See ACG and MLCG for instances.
- //
- class RNG {
- static PrivateRNGSingleType singleMantissa; // mantissa bit vector
- static PrivateRNGDoubleType doubleMantissa; // mantissa bit vector
- public:
- RNG();
- //
- // Return a long-words word of random bits
- //
- virtual unsigned long asLong() = 0;
- virtual void reset() = 0;
- //
- // Return random bits converted to either a float or a double
- //
- float asFloat();
- double asDouble();
- };
-
- #endif
-