random.cpp File Reference

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Description

Implementation details and common storage for random number generation.

Todo:

3/2024 work out how some executions or performances are configured reproducibly.

Definition in file random.cpp.

#include "lib/random.hpp"
#include <string>

Classes
class	EntropyNucleus
class	EternalNucleus

Functions
void	randomiseRandomness ()
	inject true randomness into the defaultGen
SeedNucleus &	seedFromDefaultGen ()
	draw seed another Generator from the default RandomSequencer

Variables
Random	defaultGen {eternalNucleus}
	a global default RandomSequencer for mundane purposes
Random::Seed	defaultNucleus {defaultGen}
const string	ENTROPY_SOURCE_SPEC {"/dev/random"}
Random	entropyGen {entropyNucleus}
	a global RandomSequencer seeded with real entropy
EntropyNucleus	entropyNucleus {ENTROPY_SOURCE_SPEC}
	static global entropy source instance
EternalNucleus	eternalNucleus

Namespaces
	lib
	Implementation namespace for support and library code.