Using boost::random and getting same sequence of numbers

Question

I have the following code:

Class B {

void generator()
{
    // creating random number generator
    boost::mt19937 randgen(static_cast(s         


        

Answer 1

A late answer: two random-number generator functions for comparing boost with standard method.

boost

#include 

//the code that uses boost is massively non-intuitive, complex and obfuscated

bool _boost_seeded_=false;

/*--------------------*/int
boostrand(int High, int Low)
{
    static boost::mt19937 random;
    if (!_boost_seeded_)
    {
        random = boost::mt19937(time(0));
        _boost_seeded_=true;
    }
    boost::uniform_int<> range(Low,High);
    boost::variate_generator > 
        getrandom(random, range);

    return getrandom();
}

standard

#include 
#include 

//standard code is straight-forward and quite understandable

bool _stdrand_seeded_=false;

/*--------------------*/int
stdrand(int High, int Low)
{
    if (!_stdrand_seeded_)
    {
        srand(time(0));
        _stdrand_seeded_=true;
    }
    return ((rand() % (High - Low + 1)) + Low);
}

The results from both functions are comparably of the same "randomness". I would apply the KISS-principle.