+2002-12-10 Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
+
+ * glib/grand.c (g_rand_int_range): Improve generation of
+ pseudo-random integers. (#99720, Morten Welinder <terra@diku.dk>)
+
+ * README.in, docs/reference/glib/running.sgml,
+ docs/reference/glib/tmpl/random_numbers.sgml,
+ docs/reference/glib/changes.sgml: Added notes about the new
+ algorithm.
+
2002-12-09 Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
* configure.in: use 0 instead of $defattr, as it isn't defined
+2002-12-10 Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
+
+ * glib/grand.c (g_rand_int_range): Improve generation of
+ pseudo-random integers. (#99720, Morten Welinder <terra@diku.dk>)
+
+ * README.in, docs/reference/glib/running.sgml,
+ docs/reference/glib/tmpl/random_numbers.sgml,
+ docs/reference/glib/changes.sgml: Added notes about the new
+ algorithm.
+
2002-12-09 Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
* configure.in: use 0 instead of $defattr, as it isn't defined
+2002-12-10 Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
+
+ * glib/grand.c (g_rand_int_range): Improve generation of
+ pseudo-random integers. (#99720, Morten Welinder <terra@diku.dk>)
+
+ * README.in, docs/reference/glib/running.sgml,
+ docs/reference/glib/tmpl/random_numbers.sgml,
+ docs/reference/glib/changes.sgml: Added notes about the new
+ algorithm.
+
2002-12-09 Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
* configure.in: use 0 instead of $defattr, as it isn't defined
+2002-12-10 Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
+
+ * glib/grand.c (g_rand_int_range): Improve generation of
+ pseudo-random integers. (#99720, Morten Welinder <terra@diku.dk>)
+
+ * README.in, docs/reference/glib/running.sgml,
+ docs/reference/glib/tmpl/random_numbers.sgml,
+ docs/reference/glib/changes.sgml: Added notes about the new
+ algorithm.
+
2002-12-09 Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
* configure.in: use 0 instead of $defattr, as it isn't defined
+2002-12-10 Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
+
+ * glib/grand.c (g_rand_int_range): Improve generation of
+ pseudo-random integers. (#99720, Morten Welinder <terra@diku.dk>)
+
+ * README.in, docs/reference/glib/running.sgml,
+ docs/reference/glib/tmpl/random_numbers.sgml,
+ docs/reference/glib/changes.sgml: Added notes about the new
+ algorithm.
+
2002-12-09 Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
* configure.in: use 0 instead of $defattr, as it isn't defined
+2002-12-10 Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
+
+ * glib/grand.c (g_rand_int_range): Improve generation of
+ pseudo-random integers. (#99720, Morten Welinder <terra@diku.dk>)
+
+ * README.in, docs/reference/glib/running.sgml,
+ docs/reference/glib/tmpl/random_numbers.sgml,
+ docs/reference/glib/changes.sgml: Added notes about the new
+ algorithm.
+
2002-12-09 Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
* configure.in: use 0 instead of $defattr, as it isn't defined
+2002-12-10 Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
+
+ * glib/grand.c (g_rand_int_range): Improve generation of
+ pseudo-random integers. (#99720, Morten Welinder <terra@diku.dk>)
+
+ * README.in, docs/reference/glib/running.sgml,
+ docs/reference/glib/tmpl/random_numbers.sgml,
+ docs/reference/glib/changes.sgml: Added notes about the new
+ algorithm.
+
2002-12-09 Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
* configure.in: use 0 instead of $defattr, as it isn't defined
http://www.math.keio.ac.jp/~matumoto/emt.html
- The original seeding algorithm, as found in GLib-2.0.x, can be used
- instead of the new one by setting the environment variable
- G_RANDOM_VERSION to the value of "2.0". Use the GLib-2.0 algorithm
- only if you have sequences of numbers generated with Glib-2.0 that
- you need to reproduce exactly.
+ Also the pseudo-random integers generated by g_rand_int_range and
+ g_random_int_range will have a slightly better equal distribution
+ with the new version of GLib.
+
+ The original algorithms, as found in GLib-2.0.x, can be used instead
+ of the new ones by setting the environment variable G_RANDOM_VERSION
+ to the value of "2.0".
+
+ Use the GLib-2.0 algorithms only if you have sequences of numbers
+ generated with Glib-2.0 that you need to reproduce exactly.
How to report bugs
==================
GLib changed the seeding algorithm for the pseudo-random number
generator Mersenne Twister, as used by <structname>GRand</structname>
and <structname>GRandom</structname>. This was necessary, because some
-seeds would yield very bad pseudo-random streams.
+seeds would yield very bad pseudo-random streams. Also the
+pseudo-random integers generated by
+<function>g_rand*_int_range()</function> will have a
+slightly better equal distribution with the new version of GLib.
</para>
<para>
</para>
<para>
-The original seeding algorithm, as found in GLib 2.0.x, can be used
-instead of the new one by setting the environment variable
-<envar>G_RANDOM_VERSION</envar> to the value of '2.0'. Use the
-GLib-2.0 algorithm only if you have sequences of numbers generated
-with Glib-2.0 that you need to reproduce exactly.
+The original seeding and generation algorithms, as found in GLib
+2.0.x, can be used instead of the new ones by setting the environment
+variable <envar>G_RANDOM_VERSION</envar> to the value of '2.0'. Use
+the GLib-2.0 algorithms only if you have sequences of numbers generated
+with Glib-2.0 that you need to reproduce exactly.
</para>
+
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
If this environment variable is set to '2.0', the outdated
- pseudo-random number seeding algorithm from GLib-2.0 is used
- instead of the new better one. Use the GLib-2.0 algorithm only if
- you have sequences of numbers generated with Glib-2.0 that you
- need to reproduce exactly.
- </para>
+ pseudo-random number seeding and generation algorithms from
+ GLib-2.0 are used instead of the new better ones. Use the GLib-2.0
+ algorithms only if you have sequences of numbers generated with
+ Glib-2.0 that you need to reproduce exactly.
+ </para>
</formalpara>
+
</refsect2>
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