Re: Ada.Numerics.Float_Random.Generator question

["J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr>]

Le 17/09/2016 à 21:40, Andrew Shvets a écrit :
> This works.  However, as I'm now looking into the
> Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random package, I've noticed that it can
> generate a random value based on the type that is passed in.  This
> appeals to me and I'd like to do the same for a custom float type
> (say I want the delta to be 0.01.)

Beware! Random number generators are tricky. It took megabytes of
discussion to come to the conclusion that it was not possible to make a
proper discrete generator out of a floating point generator...

Now, if you want a delta of 0.01, it looks more like a fixed point than
a floating point. This can be easily achieved by instantiating
discrete_random on an integer type with the proper number of values and
then multiplying by 0.01.
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