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authorLorry Tar Creator <lorry-tar-importer@lorry>2007-03-22 21:23:21 +0000
committerLorry Tar Creator <lorry-tar-importer@lorry>2007-03-22 21:23:21 +0000
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+/* Generate random integers.
+
+ Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ 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 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
+/* Written by Paul Eggert. */
+
+#ifndef RANDINT_H
+
+# define RANDINT_H 1
+
+# include <stdint.h>
+
+# include "randread.h"
+
+/* An unsigned integer type, used for random integers, and its maximum
+ value. */
+typedef uintmax_t randint;
+# define RANDINT_MAX UINTMAX_MAX
+
+struct randint_source;
+
+struct randint_source *randint_new (struct randread_source *);
+struct randint_source *randint_all_new (char const *, size_t);
+struct randread_source *randint_get_source (struct randint_source const *);
+randint randint_genmax (struct randint_source *, randint genmax);
+
+/* Consume random data from *S to generate a random number in the range
+ 0 .. CHOICES-1. CHOICES must be nonzero. */
+static inline randint
+randint_choose (struct randint_source *s, randint choices)
+{
+ return randint_genmax (s, choices - 1);
+}
+
+void randint_free (struct randint_source *);
+int randint_all_free (struct randint_source *);
+
+#endif