Bugs item #1646394, was opened at 2007-01-28 04:33 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=107586&aid=1646394&group_id=7586 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: random Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Assigned to: Jens Maurer (jmaurer) Summary: uniform_int<> with type's maximum availaible range error Initial Comment: using boost 1_33_1, MSVC 8.0 using namespace boost; using namespace std; typedef int32_t IntType;// the same bug for int8_t int16_t int64_t uniform_int<IntType> ui(numeric_limits<IntType>::min(), numeric_limits<IntType>::max()); rand48 rng; variate_generator<rand48, uniform_int<int32_t> > gen(rng, ui); IntType x = gen(); // infinite loop here If we makes range smaller or if we using unsigned types - everything is OK So if we will look to uniform_int.hpp we will see..... template<class IntType = int> class uniform_int { public: .... typedef IntType result_type; .... explicit uniform_int(IntType min = 0, IntType max = 9) : _min(min), _max(max) { ...... assert(min <= max); init(); }..... private: result_type _min, _max, _range; void init() { _range = _max - _min;// for SIGNED types and maximum available range we will receive..... of course -1 !!!!!! } ......}Also i want to draw the attention russian-speaking boost developers to the http://rsdn.ru/Forum/Message.aspx?mid=2252961&only=1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=107586&aid=1646394&group_id=7586 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Boost-bugs mailing list Boost-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-bugs