Generate random numbers using C++11 random library

Question

As the title suggests, I am trying to figure out a way of generating random numbers using the new C++11 library. I have tried it with this code:<

Answer 1

Here's something that I just wrote along those lines::

#include 
#include 
#include 

using namespace std;

//==============================================================
// RANDOM BACKOFF TIME
//==============================================================
class backoff_time_t {
  public:
    random_device                      rd;
    mt19937                            mt;
    uniform_real_distribution  dist;

    backoff_time_t() : rd{}, mt{rd()}, dist{0.5, 1.5} {}

    double rand() {
      return dist(mt);
    }
};

thread_local backoff_time_t backoff_time;


int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   double x1 = backoff_time.rand();
   double x2 = backoff_time.rand();
   double x3 = backoff_time.rand();
   double x4 = backoff_time.rand();
   return 0;
}

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