On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 at 09:53, Paul A Bristow via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
I have wanted to use boost::random::random_device; as a seeder for my generator.
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// For boost::random::random_device; seeder But using this requires that I link to a library file // LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libboost_random-vc142-mt-gd-x64-1_73.lib'
So I have instead used C++ std random device successfully
using std::random_device; random_device seeder; // Use seeder to get a different set of values each time. static boost::random::mt19937 gen(seeder()); // uint32_t
But is there any way I can stick to the Boost version (I imagine that it might prove more portable?
Do you mean mean, more portable than the standard? I have a *PoC* of a sax::aes_random_device at https://github.com/degski/aes_random_device . It is a PoC and also needs research, it is undoubtedly much better than mt19937, and on Windows/MSVC is faster (~30%) than std::mt19937. The Crypto-claim needs more code and research related to backtracking-resistance, there will be no difference to the current implementation of the hot path. The API is equal to std::random_device. Alexander Grund has inspected the code and he has given me his feedback, not all that feedback is (yet) incorporated. degski