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mersenne_twister: add note regarding seed() overloads

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[SVN r10079]
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Jens Maurer 2001-05-09 17:39:26 +00:00
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@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ public:
shuffle_output();
template<class T> explicit shuffle_output(T seed);
explicit shuffle_output(const base_type & rng);
explicit shuffle_output(const base_type & rng);
template<class T> void seed(T s);
result_type operator()();
@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ of its state array. For example, <code>mt11213b</code> requires about
<strong>Effects:</strong> Constructs a <code>mersenne_twister</code>
and calls <code>seed()</code>.
<pre>explicit mersenne_twister(DataType value)</pre>
<pre>explicit mersenne_twister(result_type value)</pre>
<strong>Effects:</strong> Constructs a <code>mersenne_twister</code>
and calls <code>seed(value)</code>.
@ -836,15 +836,15 @@ templated constructor will be preferred over the compiler-generated
copy constructor. For variable definitions which should copy the
state of another <code>mersenne_twister</code>, use e.g. <code>Gen
gen2 = gen;</code>, which is copy-initialization syntax and guaranteed
invoke the copy constructor.
to invoke the copy constructor.
<h3>Seeding</h3>
<pre>void seed()</pre>
<strong>Effects:</strong> Calls <code>seed(4357)</code>.
<strong>Effects:</strong> Calls <code>seed(result_type(4357))</code>.
<pre>void seed(DataType value)</pre>
<pre>void seed(result_type value)</pre>
<strong>Effects:</strong> Constructs a
<code>linear_congruential&lt;uint32_t, 69069, 0, 0, 0&gt;</code>
@ -861,6 +861,12 @@ invocations of <code>gen</code>.
<strong>Complexity:</strong> Exactly <code>n</code> invocations of
<code>gen</code>.
<p>
<em>Note:</em> When invoking <code>seed</code> with an lvalue,
overload resolution chooses the function template unless the type of
the argument exactly matches <code>result_type</code>. For other
integer types, you should convert the argument to
<code>result_type</code> explicitly.
<h3><a name="mt11213b"></a><a name="mt19937">Specializations</a></h3>