Sampling bug in uniform_real (random)
Paolo Carlini
paolo.carlini@oracle.com
Mon Jan 19 14:39:00 GMT 2009
Hi,
> Hello,
>
> There is a bug in the generation code of the class uniform_real
> (uniform_real::operator()(somerng) ). The range of the random number
> generator used is not used so generated samples are not in the expected
> range at all.
I'm not sure this is a bug. In fact we have:
* probability throughout the range. The URNG should be real-valued and
* deliver number in the range [0, 1).
And I think this comment is consistent with 5.1.1/9 of N1836.
Paolo.
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