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Section: 28.5.4.3 [rand.eng.mers] Status: C++11 Submitter: INCITS Opened: 2010-08-25 Last modified: 2016-01-28
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Discussion:
Addresses US-124
The Mersenne twister algorithm is meaningless for word sizes less than two, as there are then insufficient bits available to be “twisted”.
[ Resolution proposed by ballot comment: ]
Insert the following among the relations that are required to hold: 2u < w.
[ 2010 Batavia: The working group concurred with the issue's Proposed Resolution ]
[ Adopted at 2010-11 Batavia ]
Proposed resolution:
Change 28.5.4.3 [rand.eng.mers] p. 4 as indicated:
4 The following relations shall hold: 0 < m, m <= n, 2u < w, r <= w, u <= w, s <= w, t <= w, l <= w, w <= numeric_limits<UIntType>::digits, a <= (1u<<w) - 1u, b <= (1u<<w) - 1u, c <= (1u<<w) - 1u, d <= (1u<<w) - 1u, and f <= (1u<<w) - 1u.