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31
32--  Extended pseudo-random number generation
33
34--  This package provides a type representing pseudo-random number generators,
35--  and subprograms to extract various uniform distributions of numbers
36--  from them. It also provides types for representing initialization values
37--  and snapshots of internal generator state, which permit reproducible
38--  pseudo-random streams.
39
40--  The generator currently provided by this package has an extremely long
41--  period (at least 2**19937-1), and passes the Big Crush test suite, with the
42--  exception of the two linear complexity tests. Therefore, it is suitable
43--  for simulations, but should not be used as a cryptographic pseudo-random
44--  source without additional processing.
45
46--  Note: this package is in the System hierarchy so that it can be directly
47--  used by other predefined packages. User access to this package is via
48--  the package GNAT.Random_Numbers (file g-rannum.ads), which also extends
49--  its capabilities. The interfaces are different so as to include in
50--  System.Random_Numbers only the definitions necessary to implement the
51--  standard random-number packages Ada.Numerics.Float_Random and
52--  Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random.
53
54with Interfaces;
55
56package System.Random_Numbers is
57
58   type Generator is limited private;
59   type State is private;
60   --  A non-limited version of a Generator's internal state
61
62   function Random (Gen : Generator) return Float;
63   function Random (Gen : Generator) return Long_Float;
64   --  Return pseudo-random numbers uniformly distributed on [0 .. 1)
65
66   function Random (Gen : Generator) return Interfaces.Unsigned_32;
67   function Random (Gen : Generator) return Interfaces.Unsigned_64;
68   --  Return pseudo-random numbers uniformly distributed on T'First .. T'Last
69   --  for builtin integer types.
70
71   generic
72      type Result_Subtype is (<>);
73      Default_Min : Result_Subtype := Result_Subtype'Val (0);
74   function Random_Discrete
75     (Gen : Generator;
76      Min : Result_Subtype := Default_Min;
77      Max : Result_Subtype := Result_Subtype'Last) return Result_Subtype;
78   --  Returns pseudo-random numbers uniformly distributed on Min .. Max
79
80   generic
81      type Result_Subtype is digits <>;
82   function Random_Float (Gen : Generator) return Result_Subtype;
83   --  Returns pseudo-random numbers uniformly distributed on [0 .. 1)
84
85   type Initialization_Vector is
86     array (Integer range <>) of Interfaces.Unsigned_32;
87   --  Provides the most general initialization values for a generator (used
88   --  in Reset).  In general, there is little point in providing more than
89   --  a certain number of values (currently 624).
90
91   procedure Reset (Gen : Generator);
92   --  Re-initialize the state of Gen from the time of day
93
94   procedure Reset (Gen : Generator; Initiator : Initialization_Vector);
95   procedure Reset (Gen : Generator; Initiator : Interfaces.Integer_32);
96   procedure Reset (Gen : Generator; Initiator : Interfaces.Unsigned_32);
97   procedure Reset (Gen : Generator; Initiator : Integer);
98   --  Re-initialize Gen based on the Initiator in various ways. Identical
99   --  values of Initiator cause identical sequences of values.
100
101   procedure Reset (Gen : Generator; From_State : Generator);
102   --  Causes the state of Gen to be identical to that of From_State; Gen
103   --  and From_State will produce identical sequences of values subsequently.
104
105   procedure Reset (Gen : Generator; From_State : State);
106   procedure Save  (Gen : Generator; To_State : out State);
107   --  The sequence
108   --     Save (Gen2, S); Reset (Gen1, S)
109   --  has the same effect as Reset (Gen2, Gen1).
110
111   procedure Reset (Gen : Generator; From_Image : String);
112   function Image (Gen : Generator) return String;
113   --  The call
114   --     Reset (Gen2, Image (Gen1))
115   --  has the same effect as Reset (Gen2, Gen1);
116
117   Max_Image_Width : constant := 11 * 624;
118   --  Maximum possible length of result of Image (...)
119
120   function Image (Of_State : State) return String;
121   --  A String representation of Of_State. Identical to the result of
122   --  Image (Gen), if Of_State has been set with Save (Gen, Of_State).
123
124   function Value (Coded_State : String) return State;
125   --  Inverse of Image on States
126
127private
128
129   N : constant := 624;
130   --  The number of 32-bit integers in the shift register
131
132   M : constant := 397;
133   --  Feedback distance from the current position
134
135   subtype State_Val is Interfaces.Unsigned_32;
136   type State is array (0 .. N - 1) of State_Val;
137
138   type Writable_Access (Self : access Generator) is limited null record;
139   --  Auxiliary type to make Generator a self-referential type
140
141   type Generator is limited record
142      Writable  : Writable_Access (Generator'Access);
143      --  This self reference allows functions to modify Generator arguments
144
145      S : State := (others => 0);
146      --  The shift register, a circular buffer
147
148      I : Integer := N;
149      --  Current starting position in shift register S (N means uninitialized)
150      --  We should avoid using the identifier I here ???
151   end record;
152
153end System.Random_Numbers;
154