std::seed_seq

class seed_seq;

std::seed_seq consumes a sequence of integer-valued data and produces a requested number of unsigned integer values i, 0 ≤ i < 232
, based on the consumed data. The produced values are distributed over the entire 32-bit range even if the consumed values are close.

It provides a way to seed a large number of random number engines or to seed a generator that requires a lot of entropy, given a small seed or a poorly distributed initial seed sequence.

std::seed_seq meets the requirements of SeedSequence.

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Example

#include <random>
#include <cstdint>
#include <iostream>
 
int main()
{
    std::seed_seq seq{1,2,3,4,5};
    std::vector<std::uint32_t> seeds(10);
    seq.generate(seeds.begin(), seeds.end());
    for (std::uint32_t n : seeds) {
        std::cout << n << '\n';
    }
}

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