uniform_01 w/ref template param causes ref to ref error

[Neal Becker <ndbecker2@…>]

From uniform_01 doc: WARNING: As an exception / historic accident, this class takes a UniformRandomNumberGenerator as its constructor parameter, and BY VALUE. Usually, you want reference semantics so that the state of the passed-in generator is changed in-place and not copied. In that case, explicitly supply a reference type for the template parameter UniformRandomNumberGenerator.

OK, but what about: from uniform_01.hpp:

base_type& base() { return _rng; }

So, for example: #include <boost/random.hpp>

typedef boost::mt19937 rng_t; struct F {

F (rng_t & r) :

gen (r){}

double operator()() { return gen(); }

boost::uniform_01<rng_t&> gen;

};

/usr/local/src/boost.hg/boost/random/uniform_01.hpp:53: error: forming reference to reference type ‘rng_t&’

[Steven Watanabe]

(In [51337]) Convert uniform_01 to the current distribution interface, dispatching on the first template paramter to retain backwards compatibility. Fixes #599. Fixes #1544. Fixes #2679