Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #9040: Boost.random documentation references out-of-date header names

lgtorres42@… — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 18:40:12 GMT

Another issue in the documentation: all the references to

boost::random::mt19937

should now be to

boost::mt19937

Also, is there a reason why the generator was moved out of the random namespace?

owner, component changed

viboes — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 15:21:37 GMT

owner changed from Matias Capeletto to No-Maintainer
component Documentation → random

status changed; resolution set

Steven Watanabe — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:04:33 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → invalid

I don't understand. uniform_int_distribution.hpp exists and is the preferred header to use as it matches the C++11 standard. boost::mt19937 is the old name and is still provided for backwards compatibility. boost::random::mt19937 is preferable. It sounds to me like you're using an old version of Boost but looking at the new documentation.