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1 /*
2  *  Copyright (c) 2015 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
3  *
4  *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
5  *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
6  *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
7  *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
8  *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
9  */
10 
11 #ifndef RTC_BASE_RANDOM_H_
12 #define RTC_BASE_RANDOM_H_
13 
14 #include <stdint.h>
15 
16 #include <limits>
17 
18 #include "rtc_base/checks.h"
19 #include "rtc_base/constructor_magic.h"
20 
21 namespace webrtc {
22 
23 class Random {
24  public:
25   // TODO(tommi): Change this so that the seed can be initialized internally,
26   // e.g. by offering two ways of constructing or offer a static method that
27   // returns a seed that's suitable for initialization.
28   // The problem now is that callers are calling clock_->TimeInMicroseconds()
29   // which calls TickTime::Now().Ticks(), which can return a very low value on
30   // Mac and can result in a seed of 0 after conversion to microseconds.
31   // Besides the quality of the random seed being poor, this also requires
32   // the client to take on extra dependencies to generate a seed.
33   // If we go for a static seed generator in Random, we can use something from
34   // webrtc/rtc_base and make sure that it works the same way across platforms.
35   // See also discussion here: https://codereview.webrtc.org/1623543002/
36   explicit Random(uint64_t seed);
37 
38   // Return pseudo-random integer of the specified type.
39   // We need to limit the size to 32 bits to keep the output close to uniform.
40   template <typename T>
Rand()41   T Rand() {
42     static_assert(std::numeric_limits<T>::is_integer &&
43                       std::numeric_limits<T>::radix == 2 &&
44                       std::numeric_limits<T>::digits <= 32,
45                   "Rand is only supported for built-in integer types that are "
46                   "32 bits or smaller.");
47     return static_cast<T>(NextOutput());
48   }
49 
50   // Uniformly distributed pseudo-random number in the interval [0, t].
51   uint32_t Rand(uint32_t t);
52 
53   // Uniformly distributed pseudo-random number in the interval [low, high].
54   uint32_t Rand(uint32_t low, uint32_t high);
55 
56   // Uniformly distributed pseudo-random number in the interval [low, high].
57   int32_t Rand(int32_t low, int32_t high);
58 
59   // Normal Distribution.
60   double Gaussian(double mean, double standard_deviation);
61 
62   // Exponential Distribution.
63   double Exponential(double lambda);
64 
65  private:
66   // Outputs a nonzero 64-bit random number.
NextOutput()67   uint64_t NextOutput() {
68     state_ ^= state_ >> 12;
69     state_ ^= state_ << 25;
70     state_ ^= state_ >> 27;
71     RTC_DCHECK(state_ != 0x0ULL);
72     return state_ * 2685821657736338717ull;
73   }
74 
75   uint64_t state_;
76 
77   RTC_DISALLOW_IMPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS(Random);
78 };
79 
80 // Return pseudo-random number in the interval [0.0, 1.0).
81 template <>
82 float Random::Rand<float>();
83 
84 // Return pseudo-random number in the interval [0.0, 1.0).
85 template <>
86 double Random::Rand<double>();
87 
88 // Return pseudo-random boolean value.
89 template <>
90 bool Random::Rand<bool>();
91 
92 }  // namespace webrtc
93 
94 #endif  // RTC_BASE_RANDOM_H_
95