[swift-evolution] 'Random' Improvements

[Pedro Ferreira]

Thanks for the correction.
I guess that helps my point, its easy to get this sort of thing wrong, so
it would be a good candidate for being included in the standard library.

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 6:53 PM, Peter Dillinger <
Peter.Dillinger at synopsys.com> wrote:

> > func getRandom(_ min: Int, _ max: Int) -> Int {
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> >    let diff = max - min + 1
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> >    #if os(Linux)
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> >        return min + Int(random() % diff)
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> > ...
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> Implementation detail: non-uniformity mistakes of the past should not be
> repeated.  http://stackoverflow.com/a/6852396/454544 (Timed out on
> finding a better reference.)
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> Software Engineering Manager, Coverity Analysis, Software Integrity Group
> | Synopsys
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