seed mt19937 with random data
time(NULL) is a poor seed. It is quite predictable and multiple instance starting in the same second will get the same seed and therefore the same pseudo random number sequence Use std::random_device, witch is meant to provide 'true' random data.. mix time(NULL) just in case the std implementation is crappy. PS: sadly std::random_device.entropy() cannot be relied on as clang and gcc are known to return 0 despite their random_device being non-deterministic, hence the prophylactic systematic mixing with time(null) Change-Id: I44dab9970f8f0388dc1c99e9816d49d1afbecf18 Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/15591 Tested-by: Jenkins <ci@libreoffice.org> Reviewed-by: Michael Stahl <mstahl@redhat.com>
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@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@ struct RandomNumberGenerator
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STD_RNG_ALGO global_rng;
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RandomNumberGenerator()
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{
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std::random_device rd;
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// initialises the state of the global random number generator
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// should only be called once.
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// (note, a few std::variate_generator<> (like normal) have their
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// own state which would need a reset as well to guarantee identical
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// sequence of numbers, e.g. via myrand.distribution().reset())
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global_rng.seed(time(NULL));
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global_rng.seed(rd() ^ time(nullptr));
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}
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};
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