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% Copyright (C) 2019 The Mercury team.
% This file is distributed under the terms specified in COPYING.LIB.
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% File: random.sfc16.m
% Main author: Mark Brown
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% 16-bit Small Fast Counting generator, by Chris Doty-Humphrey.
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% http://pracrand.sourceforge.net/
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% From the above:
% "[A] good small chaotic RNG driven by a bad smaller linear RNG. The
% combination gives it the strengths of each - good chaotic behavior,
% but enough structure to avoid short cycles."
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:- module random.sfc16.
:- interface.

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    % A fast, 16-bit SFC generator.
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:- type random.

:- instance random(random).

    % Initialise a 16-bit SFC generator with the default seed. The
    % resulting generator produces the same sequence every time.
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:- func init = random.

    % Initialise a 16-bit SFC generator with the given seed.
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:- func seed(uint64) = random.

    % Generate a uniformly distributed pseudo-random unsigned integer
    % of 8, 16, 32 or 64 bits, respectively.
    %
:- pred generate_uint8(uint8::out, random::in, random::out) is det.
:- pred generate_uint16(uint16::out, random::in, random::out) is det.
:- pred generate_uint32(uint32::out, random::in, random::out) is det.
:- pred generate_uint64(uint64::out, random::in, random::out) is det.

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