Steven Watanabe wrote:
AMDG
explicit linear_congruential_engine(result_type s = default_seed); Effects: Constructs a linear_congruential_engine object. If c mod m is 0 and s mod m is 0, sets the engines state to 1, otherwise sets the engines state to s mod m.
So I might be passing two different seeds and generate the same sequence of results? This would be the exact opposite of what I would be trying to do and would likely result in a silent error that would be a major bitch to find. This isn't so much a specifice critcism of this particular situation as I don't really understand the library or the standard. It's more of rant against the things that seem to trap me into spending disproportional amounts of time on a regular basis. This idea of "silently fixing things" seems to be quite popular and to me, is the cause of much grief. Robert Ramey