线程安全的随机数生成

(金庆的专栏)

* rand()不可重入
* 用线程专用存储保存随机数生成器
* 自动设置随机种子为设备随机数
* 线程退出时,自动析构生成器

typedef boost::random::mt19937 Generator;
static boost::thread_specific_ptr<Generator> s_pRng;

static Generator & GetGen()
{
    Generator * pRng = s_pRng.get();
    if (pRng) return *pRng;

    s_pRng.reset(new Generator);
    s_pRng->seed(boost::random_device()());
    return *s_pRng.get();    
}

Uint32 Rand32()
{
    return GetGen()();
}

// Random in [nFrom, nTo].
int Rand(int nFrom, int nTo)
{
    if (nFrom > nTo)
        boost::swap(nFrom, nTo);
    BOOST_ASSERT(nFrom <= nTo);
    boost::random::uniform_int_distribution<int> dist(nFrom, nTo);
    return dist(GetGen());
}