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From: Peter Hermann <ica2ph@sinus.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Ada2005 random
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 13:27:32 +0000 (UTC)
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In an application I need a variable discrete random function.

Due to good reason I am reluctant to use my own very old
http://www.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de/ftp/pub/ada/ica/misc/randomph.txt

Instead, I would prefer to use
generic
   type Result_Subtype is (<>);
package Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random is

which offers a
   function Random (Gen : Generator) return Result_Subtype;

but does not offer something like
   function Random (Gen : Generator;
                    from : Result_Subtype := Result_Subtype'first;
                     to  : Result_Subtype := Result_Subtype'last)
                                      return Result_Subtype;
which may or may not make sense in that raw disguise.

Anyway in Ada95, I have to roll my own code or let me send one ;-)

Does an AI exist for Ada95 or Ada2005?
Did I miss something?

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