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+// Copyright 2017 The Abseil Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// File: random.h
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// This header defines the recommended Uniform Random Bit Generator (URBG)
+// types for use within the Abseil Random library. These types are not
+// suitable for security-related use-cases, but should suffice for most other
+// uses of generating random values.
+//
+// The Abseil random library provides the following URBG types:
+//
+//   * BitGen, a good general-purpose bit generator, optimized for generating
+//     random (but not cryptographically secure) values
+//   * InsecureBitGen, a slightly faster, though less random, bit generator, for
+//     cases where the existing BitGen is a drag on performance.
+
+#ifndef ABSL_RANDOM_RANDOM_H_
+#define ABSL_RANDOM_RANDOM_H_
+
+#include <random>
+
+#include "absl/random/distributions.h"  // IWYU pragma: export
+#include "absl/random/internal/nonsecure_base.h"  // IWYU pragma: export
+#include "absl/random/internal/pcg_engine.h"  // IWYU pragma: export
+#include "absl/random/internal/pool_urbg.h"
+#include "absl/random/internal/randen_engine.h"
+#include "absl/random/seed_sequences.h"  // IWYU pragma: export
+
+namespace absl {
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// absl::BitGen
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// `absl::BitGen` is a general-purpose random bit generator for generating
+// random values for use within the Abseil random library. Typically, you use a
+// bit generator in combination with a distribution to provide random values.
+//
+// Example:
+//
+//   // Create an absl::BitGen. There is no need to seed this bit generator.
+//   absl::BitGen gen;
+//
+//   // Generate an integer value in the closed interval [1,6]
+//   int die_roll = absl::uniform_int_distribution<int>(1, 6)(gen);
+//
+// `absl::BitGen` is seeded by default with non-deterministic data to produce
+// different sequences of random values across different instances, including
+// different binary invocations. This behavior is different than the standard
+// library bit generators, which use golden values as their seeds. Default
+// construction intentionally provides no stability guarantees, to avoid
+// accidental dependence on such a property.
+//
+// `absl::BitGen` may be constructed with an optional seed sequence type,
+// conforming to [rand.req.seed_seq], which will be mixed with additional
+// non-deterministic data.
+//
+// Example:
+//
+//  // Create an absl::BitGen using an std::seed_seq seed sequence
+//  std::seed_seq seq{1,2,3};
+//  absl::BitGen gen_with_seed(seq);
+//
+//  // Generate an integer value in the closed interval [1,6]
+//  int die_roll2 = absl::uniform_int_distribution<int>(1, 6)(gen_with_seed);
+//
+// `absl::BitGen` meets the requirements of the Uniform Random Bit Generator
+// (URBG) concept as per the C++17 standard [rand.req.urng] though differs
+// slightly with [rand.req.eng]. Like its standard library equivalents (e.g.
+// `std::mersenne_twister_engine`) `absl::BitGen` is not cryptographically
+// secure.
+//
+// Constructing two `absl::BitGen`s with the same seed sequence in the same
+// binary will produce the same sequence of variates within the same binary, but
+// need not do so across multiple binary invocations.
+//
+// This type has been optimized to perform better than Mersenne Twister
+// (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_Twister) and many other complex URBG
+// types on modern x86, ARM, and PPC architectures.
+//
+// This type is thread-compatible, but not thread-safe.
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// absl::BitGen member functions
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// absl::BitGen::operator()()
+//
+// Calls the BitGen, returning a generated value.
+
+// absl::BitGen::min()
+//
+// Returns the smallest possible value from this bit generator.
+
+// absl::BitGen::max()
+//
+// Returns the largest possible value from this bit generator., and
+
+// absl::BitGen::discard(num)
+//
+// Advances the internal state of this bit generator by `num` times, and
+// discards the intermediate results.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using BitGen = random_internal::NonsecureURBGBase<
+    random_internal::randen_engine<uint64_t>>;
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// absl::InsecureBitGen
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// `absl::InsecureBitGen` is an efficient random bit generator for generating
+// random values, recommended only for performance-sensitive use cases where
+// `absl::BitGen` is not satisfactory when compute-bounded by bit generation
+// costs.
+//
+// Example:
+//
+//   // Create an absl::InsecureBitGen
+//   absl::InsecureBitGen gen;
+//   for (size_t i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
+//
+//     // Generate a bunch of random values from some complex distribution
+//     auto my_rnd = some_distribution(gen, 1, 1000);
+//   }
+//
+// Like `absl::BitGen`, `absl::InsecureBitGen` is seeded by default with
+// non-deterministic data to produce different sequences of random values across
+// different instances, including different binary invocations. (This behavior
+// is different than the standard library bit generators, which use golden
+// values as their seeds.)
+//
+// `absl::InsecureBitGen` may be constructed with an optional seed sequence
+// type, conforming to [rand.req.seed_seq], which will be mixed with additional
+// non-deterministic data. (See std_seed_seq.h for more information.)
+//
+// `absl::InsecureBitGen` meets the requirements of the Uniform Random Bit
+// Generator (URBG) concept as per the C++17 standard [rand.req.urng] though
+// its implementation differs slightly with [rand.req.eng]. Like its standard
+// library equivalents (e.g. `std::mersenne_twister_engine`)
+// `absl::InsecureBitGen` is not cryptographically secure.
+//
+// Prefer `absl::BitGen` over `absl::InsecureBitGen` as the general type is
+// often fast enough for the vast majority of applications.
+
+using InsecureBitGen =
+    random_internal::NonsecureURBGBase<random_internal::pcg64_2018_engine>;
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// absl::InsecureBitGen member functions
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// absl::InsecureBitGen::operator()()
+//
+// Calls the InsecureBitGen, returning a generated value.
+
+// absl::InsecureBitGen::min()
+//
+// Returns the smallest possible value from this bit generator.
+
+// absl::InsecureBitGen::max()
+//
+// Returns the largest possible value from this bit generator.
+
+// absl::InsecureBitGen::discard(num)
+//
+// Advances the internal state of this bit generator by `num` times, and
+// discards the intermediate results.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+}  // namespace absl
+
+#endif  // ABSL_RANDOM_RANDOM_H_