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   3 --                         GNAT RUN-TIME COMPONENTS                         --
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   5 --                S Y S T E M . R A N D O M _ N U M B E R S                 --
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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
  54 with Interfaces;
  55
  56 package 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
 127 private
 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
 153 end System.Random_Numbers;