Gotchas!
The module std.random documentation doesn't work as per the
examples.
The example shows getting a random number by the following code
does not work:
<code>
// Generate a uniformly-distributed integer in the range [0,
14]
auto i = uniform(0, 15);
// Generate a uniformly-distributed real in the range [0, 100)
// using a specific random generator
Random gen;
auto r = uniform(0.0L, 100.0L, gen);
</code>
<code>
// Gets a random number
int get_random() {
auto rng = new Random(unpredictableSeed);
auto rn = uniform(0, m_files.length, rng);
return rn;
}
</code>
The new keyword was not in the example, and the original example
code would not work. When looking at the source code of the std
libraries, a struct can contain a constructor, so therefore it is
similar to a class; and on a whim I tried the new keyword. So I
thought I would pass this information along. I looked at other
posts in the forum, but didn't see anyone using the new keyword.
Is this a bug, or a change to the D language implementation?
