Re: [Help-gsl] Hasard library (random number generators)

[Victor Stinner]

Hi Brian,

Brian Gough a écrit :
> > I would like to know if GSL developers would be interested by this library. I 
> > see that GSL RNG are not seeded. Is it a choice? Hasard always initialize a 
> > RNG using a random seed.
> >     
> Thanks for your email, I have taken a look at the library--it is
> nicely done.  Regarding seeding in GSL, each generator is always
> initialised with the same default seed for reproducibility.
>   
Hasard can be used to generate a random seed, but it looks like you 
don't need that for GSL. Reseed an engine (set a new random seed) can be 
added as a new function, so the API is not changed.

Another idea would be to use Hasard as a GSL engine. So you can use 
Hasard engines in GSL: Mersenne Twister, ISAAC, Arcfour, glib, openssl, 
gcrypt, GMP, KISS, /dev/urandom, etc.

Victor