3DSoftwareRenderer-DFSPR/Source/DFPSR/api/randomAPI.h

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#ifndef DFPSR_API_RANDOM
#define DFPSR_API_RANDOM

#include <cstdint>

// A random generator.
struct RandomGenerator {
	// The state makes sure that we get very different values each time the random generator is called.
	uint64_t impl_state[2] = {};
	// The indices rotate in a set of 68839 combination of indices using unique prime numbers.
	//   23 * 41 * 73 = 68839
	//   This shakes the state with a limited source of true entropy repeated in a loop, because patterns are created each time a number is repeated.
	uint32_t impl_index[3] = {};
	// The nonce rotates in a set of 2⁶⁴ values to be absolutely sure that the state does not get stuck in a narrow loop.
	uint64_t impl_nonce = 7245416u;
	RandomGenerator() {}
};

// Returns a new random generator initialized by seed.
RandomGenerator random_createGenerator(uint64_t seed);

// Pre-condition: minimum <= maximum
int32_t random_generate_range(RandomGenerator &generator, int32_t minimum, int32_t maximum);
float random_generate_range(RandomGenerator &generator, float minimum, float maximum);

// Returns true for roughly perCentProbability times in a hundred.
bool random_generate_probability(RandomGenerator &generator, int32_t perCentProbability);

#endif