auto: rand::Rand: a trait implemented by types that can be randomly generated #4801
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randomly generated Also adds Rng::gen() for generating any type that implements the Rand trait
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Awesome. I was literally writing this trait up yesterday! Glad you beat me to it. |
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(Future reference: non-uniform sampling is important and gets very ... subtle, and very interesting, when dealing with more complex structures. See: http://algo.inria.fr/flajolet/Publications/DuFlLoSc04.pdf for examples) |
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Also adds Rng::gen() for generically generating any type that implements the Rand trait. There's no way to generate things with a length (for e.g. strings or vectors), because I can't think of an elegant way to do that. Maybe have a RandLen trait that inherits Rand? This can be used for a quickcheck mechanism I'm working on.
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Also adds Rng::gen() for generically generating any type that implements the Rand trait. There's no way to generate things with a length (for e.g. strings or vectors), because I can't think of an elegant way to do that. Maybe have a RandLen trait that inherits Rand? This can be used for a quickcheck mechanism I'm working on.
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Also adds Rng::gen() for generically generating any type that implements the Rand trait. There's no way to generate things with a length (for e.g. strings or vectors), because I can't think of an elegant way to do that. Maybe have a RandLen trait that inherits Rand?
This can be used for a quickcheck mechanism I'm working on.