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--  This package provides the basic support used for the Float_Random and
--  Discrete_Random children of Ada.Numerics. In this package, the generator

--  state is exposed for access but this is a private package so no problem.

private package Ada.Numerics.Random is
   --  All the arithmetic is done using a base type that is at least
   --  32 bits long (one's complement or two's complement, does not

   --  matter). It also must be at least as large as integer.
   type Int_Range is range
      Long_Integer'Min (Long_Integer (Integer'First), (-2 ** 31) + 1) ..

      Long_Integer'Max (Long_Integer (Integer'Last),  (+2 ** 31) - 1);
   type Int is new Int_Range'Base;
   subtype Nat is Int range 0 .. Int'Last;

   --  The types that we will actually use
   --  The following declarations define the type State, which is used as the

   --  underlying type for both Generator and State in the user level packages
   Larger_Lag  : constant := 25;
   Smaller_Lag : constant := 11;

   --  Lag values used for modular accessing of the state vector
   type Lag_Range is mod Larger_Lag;

   --  Range of larger lag is length of state vector

   type State_Vector is array (Lag_Range) of Float;
   type State is record
      Lagged_Outputs : State_Vector;
      Borrow         : Float;
      R, S           : Lag_Range;

   end record;
   subtype Uniformly_Distributed is Float range 0.0 .. 1.0;

   --  Range of random numbers
   procedure Random (S : in out State; U : out Uniformly_Distributed);

   --  Obtain next random number, updating State
   function Make_State (Starter : Int := 3E+7) return State;
   --  Build a state from the given integer value. The default value for

   --  Int is used to build the default starting generator configurations.
   procedure Reset (S : out State; Initiator : in Integer);

   --  Set state from given integer value
   procedure Reset (S : out State);

   --  Set state from current time
   Max_Image_Width : constant := (24 + 1) * 25 + 24;
   --  The 24 + 1 is for one floating point value plus a comma, and there

   --  are up to Larger_Lag number of these, followed by one additional value
   function Image (S : State)  return String;

   --  Convert state to canonical string format (see body for format)
   function Value (S : String) return State;

   --  Convert string returned by previous image call back to State
end Ada.Numerics.Random;