random_utils.h

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/* Author (s) :     Francois Mauger <mauger@lpccaen.in2p3.fr>
 * Creation date: 2010-02-16
 * Last modified: 2014-02-12
 *
 * License:
 *
 * Copyright 2010-2014 F. Mauger
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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 * Description:
 *
 *  Some useful resources related to random number generation
 *
 * History:
 *
 */

#ifndef MYGSL_RANDOM_UTILS_H
#define MYGSL_RANDOM_UTILS_H 1

// Third party:
// - Boost:
#include <boost/cstdint.hpp>

namespace mygsl {

  class random_utils
  {
  public:

    static const int32_t SEED_INVALID = -1; 
    static const int32_t SEED_AUTO    =  0; 
    static const int32_t SEED_TIME    =  0; 
    static const int32_t SEED_MAX     =  0x7FFFFFFF; 

    static bool is_valid_seed(int32_t);

  };

} // end of namespace mygsl

#endif // MYGSL_RANDOM_UTILS_H

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