28 Numerics library [numerics]

28.5 Random number generation [rand]

28.5.3 Requirements [rand.req]

28.5.3.6 Random number distribution requirements [rand.req.dist]

Table 97: Random number distribution requirements [tab:rand.req.dist]
Expression
Return type
Pre/post-condition
Complexity
D​::​result_type
T
compile-time
D​::​param_type
P
compile-time
D()
Creates a distribution whose behavior is indistinguishable from that of any other newly default-constructed distribution of type D.
constant
D(p)
Creates a distribution whose behavior is indistinguishable from that of a distribution newly constructed directly from the values used to construct p.
same as p's construction
d.reset()
void
Subsequent uses of d do not depend on values produced by any engine prior to invoking reset.
constant
x.param()
P
Returns a value p such that D(p).param() == p.
no worse than the complexity of D(p)
d.param(p)
void
Postconditions: d.param() == p.
no worse than the complexity of D(p)
d(g)
T
With , the sequence of numbers returned by successive invocations with the same object g is randomly distributed according to the associated p(z|{p}) or function.
amortized constant number of invocations of g
d(g,p)
T
The sequence of numbers returned by successive invocations with the same objects g and p is randomly distributed according to the associated p(z|{p}) or function.
amortized constant number of invocations of g
x.min()
T
Returns glb.
constant
x.max()
T
Returns lub.
constant
x == y
bool
This operator is an equivalence relation.
Returns true if x.param() == y.param() and , where and are the infinite sequences of values that would be generated, respectively, by repeated future calls to x(g1) and y(g2) whenever g1 == g2.
Otherwise returns false.
constant
x != y
bool
!(x == y).
same as x == y.
os << x
reference to the type of os
Writes to os a textual representation for the parameters and the additional internal data of x.
Postconditions: The os.fmtflags and fill character are unchanged.
is >> d
reference to the type of is
Restores from is the parameters and additional internal data of the lvalue d.
If bad input is encountered, ensures that d is unchanged by the operation and calls is.setstate(ios_base​::​failbit) (which may throw ios_base​::​failure ([iostate.flags])).
Preconditions: is provides a textual representation that was previously written using an os whose imbued locale and whose type's template specialization arguments charT and traits were the same as those of is.
Postconditions: The is.fmtflags are unchanged.