RFR: 8248862: Implement Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators [v3]

[Rémi Forax]

On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:09:03 GMT, Jim Laskey <jlaskey at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This PR is to introduce a new random number API for the JDK. The primary API is found in RandomGenerator and RandomGeneratorFactory. Further description can be found in the JEP https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356 .
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>> javadoc can be found at http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlaskey/prng/doc/api/java.base/java/util/random/package-summary.html
>> 
>> old PR:  https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/1273
>
> Jim Laskey has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   8248862: Implement Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators
>   
>   Changes to RandomGeneratorFactory requested by @PaulSandoz

src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/random/RandomGenerator.java line 745:

> 743:      * if the period is unknown.
> 744:      */
> 745:     BigInteger UNKNOWN_PERIOD = BigInteger.ZERO;

move those 3 values into RandomGeneratorFactory ?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1292