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11 //! Interface to random number generators in Rust.
13 //! This is an experimental library which lives underneath the standard library
14 //! in its dependency chain. This library is intended to define the interface
15 //! for random number generation and also provide utilities around doing so. It
16 //! is not recommended to use this library directly, but rather the official
17 //! interface through `std::rand`.
19 #![crate_name = "rand"]
20 #![crate_type = "rlib"]
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24 html_playground_url = "https://play.rust-lang.org/",
25 test(attr(deny(warnings))))]
26 #![cfg_attr(not(stage0), deny(warnings))]
28 #![unstable(feature = "rand",
29 reason = "use `rand` from crates.io",
31 #![feature(core_float)]
32 #![feature(core_intrinsics)]
33 #![feature(staged_api)]
35 #![feature(custom_attribute)]
36 #![allow(unused_attributes)]
38 #![cfg_attr(test, feature(test, rand))]
48 use core::marker::PhantomData;
50 pub use isaac::{IsaacRng, Isaac64Rng};
51 pub use chacha::ChaChaRng;
53 use distributions::{Range, IndependentSample};
54 use distributions::range::SampleRange;
57 const RAND_BENCH_N: u64 = 100;
59 pub mod distributions;
65 // Temporary trait to implement a few floating-point routines
66 // needed by librand; this is necessary because librand doesn't
67 // depend on libstd. This will go away when librand is integrated
70 trait FloatMath : Sized {
73 fn sqrt(self) -> Self;
74 fn powf(self, n: Self) -> Self;
77 impl FloatMath for f64 {
80 unsafe { intrinsics::expf64(self) }
85 unsafe { intrinsics::logf64(self) }
89 fn powf(self, n: f64) -> f64 {
90 unsafe { intrinsics::powf64(self, n) }
94 fn sqrt(self) -> f64 {
98 unsafe { intrinsics::sqrtf64(self) }
103 /// A type that can be randomly generated using an `Rng`.
105 pub trait Rand : Sized {
106 /// Generates a random instance of this type using the specified source of
108 fn rand<R: Rng>(rng: &mut R) -> Self;
111 /// A random number generator.
112 pub trait Rng : Sized {
113 /// Return the next random u32.
115 /// This rarely needs to be called directly, prefer `r.gen()` to
117 // FIXME #7771: Should be implemented in terms of next_u64
118 fn next_u32(&mut self) -> u32;
120 /// Return the next random u64.
122 /// By default this is implemented in terms of `next_u32`. An
123 /// implementation of this trait must provide at least one of
124 /// these two methods. Similarly to `next_u32`, this rarely needs
125 /// to be called directly, prefer `r.gen()` to `r.next_u64()`.
126 fn next_u64(&mut self) -> u64 {
127 ((self.next_u32() as u64) << 32) | (self.next_u32() as u64)
130 /// Return the next random f32 selected from the half-open
131 /// interval `[0, 1)`.
133 /// By default this is implemented in terms of `next_u32`, but a
134 /// random number generator which can generate numbers satisfying
135 /// the requirements directly can overload this for performance.
136 /// It is required that the return value lies in `[0, 1)`.
138 /// See `Closed01` for the closed interval `[0,1]`, and
139 /// `Open01` for the open interval `(0,1)`.
140 fn next_f32(&mut self) -> f32 {
141 const MANTISSA_BITS: usize = 24;
142 const IGNORED_BITS: usize = 8;
143 const SCALE: f32 = (1u64 << MANTISSA_BITS) as f32;
145 // using any more than `MANTISSA_BITS` bits will
146 // cause (e.g.) 0xffff_ffff to correspond to 1
147 // exactly, so we need to drop some (8 for f32, 11
148 // for f64) to guarantee the open end.
149 (self.next_u32() >> IGNORED_BITS) as f32 / SCALE
152 /// Return the next random f64 selected from the half-open
153 /// interval `[0, 1)`.
155 /// By default this is implemented in terms of `next_u64`, but a
156 /// random number generator which can generate numbers satisfying
157 /// the requirements directly can overload this for performance.
158 /// It is required that the return value lies in `[0, 1)`.
160 /// See `Closed01` for the closed interval `[0,1]`, and
161 /// `Open01` for the open interval `(0,1)`.
162 fn next_f64(&mut self) -> f64 {
163 const MANTISSA_BITS: usize = 53;
164 const IGNORED_BITS: usize = 11;
165 const SCALE: f64 = (1u64 << MANTISSA_BITS) as f64;
167 (self.next_u64() >> IGNORED_BITS) as f64 / SCALE
170 /// Fill `dest` with random data.
172 /// This has a default implementation in terms of `next_u64` and
173 /// `next_u32`, but should be overridden by implementations that
174 /// offer a more efficient solution than just calling those
175 /// methods repeatedly.
177 /// This method does *not* have a requirement to bear any fixed
178 /// relationship to the other methods, for example, it does *not*
179 /// have to result in the same output as progressively filling
180 /// `dest` with `self.gen::<u8>()`, and any such behaviour should
181 /// not be relied upon.
183 /// This method should guarantee that `dest` is entirely filled
184 /// with new data, and may panic if this is impossible
185 /// (e.g. reading past the end of a file that is being used as the
186 /// source of randomness).
187 fn fill_bytes(&mut self, dest: &mut [u8]) {
188 // this could, in theory, be done by transmuting dest to a
189 // [u64], but this is (1) likely to be undefined behaviour for
190 // LLVM, (2) has to be very careful about alignment concerns,
191 // (3) adds more `unsafe` that needs to be checked, (4)
192 // probably doesn't give much performance gain if
193 // optimisations are on.
198 // we could micro-optimise here by generating a u32 if
199 // we only need a few more bytes to fill the vector
201 num = self.next_u64();
205 *byte = (num & 0xff) as u8;
211 /// Return a random value of a `Rand` type.
213 fn gen<T: Rand>(&mut self) -> T {
217 /// Return an iterator that will yield an infinite number of randomly
219 fn gen_iter<'a, T: Rand>(&'a mut self) -> Generator<'a, T, Self> {
222 _marker: PhantomData,
226 /// Generate a random value in the range [`low`, `high`).
228 /// This is a convenience wrapper around
229 /// `distributions::Range`. If this function will be called
230 /// repeatedly with the same arguments, one should use `Range`, as
231 /// that will amortize the computations that allow for perfect
232 /// uniformity, as they only happen on initialization.
236 /// Panics if `low >= high`.
237 fn gen_range<T: PartialOrd + SampleRange>(&mut self, low: T, high: T) -> T {
238 assert!(low < high, "Rng.gen_range called with low >= high");
239 Range::new(low, high).ind_sample(self)
242 /// Return a bool with a 1 in n chance of true
243 fn gen_weighted_bool(&mut self, n: usize) -> bool {
244 n <= 1 || self.gen_range(0, n) == 0
247 /// Return an iterator of random characters from the set A-Z,a-z,0-9.
248 fn gen_ascii_chars<'a>(&'a mut self) -> AsciiGenerator<'a, Self> {
249 AsciiGenerator { rng: self }
252 /// Return a random element from `values`.
254 /// Return `None` if `values` is empty.
255 fn choose<'a, T>(&mut self, values: &'a [T]) -> Option<&'a T> {
256 if values.is_empty() {
259 Some(&values[self.gen_range(0, values.len())])
263 /// Shuffle a mutable slice in place.
264 fn shuffle<T>(&mut self, values: &mut [T]) {
265 let mut i = values.len();
267 // invariant: elements with index >= i have been locked in place.
269 // lock element i in place.
270 values.swap(i, self.gen_range(0, i + 1));
275 /// Iterator which will generate a stream of random items.
277 /// This iterator is created via the `gen_iter` method on `Rng`.
278 pub struct Generator<'a, T, R: 'a> {
280 _marker: PhantomData<T>,
283 impl<'a, T: Rand, R: Rng> Iterator for Generator<'a, T, R> {
286 fn next(&mut self) -> Option<T> {
291 /// Iterator which will continuously generate random ascii characters.
293 /// This iterator is created via the `gen_ascii_chars` method on `Rng`.
294 pub struct AsciiGenerator<'a, R: 'a> {
298 impl<'a, R: Rng> Iterator for AsciiGenerator<'a, R> {
301 fn next(&mut self) -> Option<char> {
302 const GEN_ASCII_STR_CHARSET: &'static [u8] = b"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\
303 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\
305 Some(*self.rng.choose(GEN_ASCII_STR_CHARSET).unwrap() as char)
309 /// A random number generator that can be explicitly seeded to produce
310 /// the same stream of randomness multiple times.
311 pub trait SeedableRng<Seed>: Rng {
312 /// Reseed an RNG with the given seed.
313 fn reseed(&mut self, Seed);
315 /// Create a new RNG with the given seed.
316 fn from_seed(seed: Seed) -> Self;
319 /// An Xorshift[1] random number
322 /// The Xorshift algorithm is not suitable for cryptographic purposes
323 /// but is very fast. If you do not know for sure that it fits your
324 /// requirements, use a more secure one such as `IsaacRng` or `OsRng`.
326 /// [1]: Marsaglia, George (July 2003). ["Xorshift
327 /// RNGs"](http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper). *Journal of
328 /// Statistical Software*. Vol. 8 (Issue 14).
330 pub struct XorShiftRng {
338 /// Creates a new XorShiftRng instance which is not seeded.
340 /// The initial values of this RNG are constants, so all generators created
341 /// by this function will yield the same stream of random numbers. It is
342 /// highly recommended that this is created through `SeedableRng` instead of
344 pub fn new_unseeded() -> XorShiftRng {
354 impl Rng for XorShiftRng {
356 fn next_u32(&mut self) -> u32 {
358 let t = x ^ (x << 11);
363 self.w = w ^ (w >> 19) ^ (t ^ (t >> 8));
368 impl SeedableRng<[u32; 4]> for XorShiftRng {
369 /// Reseed an XorShiftRng. This will panic if `seed` is entirely 0.
370 fn reseed(&mut self, seed: [u32; 4]) {
371 assert!(!seed.iter().all(|&x| x == 0),
372 "XorShiftRng.reseed called with an all zero seed.");
380 /// Create a new XorShiftRng. This will panic if `seed` is entirely 0.
381 fn from_seed(seed: [u32; 4]) -> XorShiftRng {
382 assert!(!seed.iter().all(|&x| x == 0),
383 "XorShiftRng::from_seed called with an all zero seed.");
394 impl Rand for XorShiftRng {
395 fn rand<R: Rng>(rng: &mut R) -> XorShiftRng {
396 let mut tuple: (u32, u32, u32, u32) = rng.gen();
397 while tuple == (0, 0, 0, 0) {
400 let (x, y, z, w) = tuple;
410 /// A wrapper for generating floating point numbers uniformly in the
411 /// open interval `(0,1)` (not including either endpoint).
413 /// Use `Closed01` for the closed interval `[0,1]`, and the default
414 /// `Rand` implementation for `f32` and `f64` for the half-open
416 pub struct Open01<F>(pub F);
418 /// A wrapper for generating floating point numbers uniformly in the
419 /// closed interval `[0,1]` (including both endpoints).
421 /// Use `Open01` for the closed interval `(0,1)`, and the default
422 /// `Rand` implementation of `f32` and `f64` for the half-open
424 pub struct Closed01<F>(pub F);
428 use std::__rand as rand;
430 pub struct MyRng<R> {
434 impl<R: rand::Rng> ::Rng for MyRng<R> {
435 fn next_u32(&mut self) -> u32 {
436 rand::Rng::next_u32(&mut self.inner)
440 pub fn rng() -> MyRng<rand::ThreadRng> {
441 MyRng { inner: rand::thread_rng() }
444 pub fn weak_rng() -> MyRng<rand::ThreadRng> {
445 MyRng { inner: rand::thread_rng() }