Struct rand::rngs::SmallRng[][src]

pub struct SmallRng(_);

A small-state, fast non-crypto PRNG

SmallRng may be a good choice when a PRNG with small state, cheap initialization, good statistical quality and good performance are required. Note that depending on the application, StdRng may be faster on many modern platforms while providing higher-quality randomness. Furthermore, SmallRng is not a good choice when:

The algorithm is deterministic but should not be considered reproducible due to dependence on platform and possible replacement in future library versions. For a reproducible generator, use a named PRNG from an external crate, e.g. rand_xoshiro or rand_chacha. Refer also to The Book.

The PRNG algorithm in SmallRng is chosen to be efficient on the current platform, without consideration for cryptography or security. The size of its state is much smaller than StdRng. The current algorithm is Xoshiro256PlusPlus on 64-bit platforms and Xoshiro128PlusPlus on 32-bit platforms. Both are also implemented by the rand_xoshiro crate.

Examples

Initializing SmallRng with a random seed can be done using SeedableRng::from_entropy:

use rand::{Rng, SeedableRng};
use rand::rngs::SmallRng;

// Create small, cheap to initialize and fast RNG with a random seed.
// The randomness is supplied by the operating system.
let mut small_rng = SmallRng::from_entropy();

When initializing a lot of SmallRng’s, using thread_rng can be more efficient:

use rand::{SeedableRng, thread_rng};
use rand::rngs::SmallRng;

// Create a big, expensive to initialize and slower, but unpredictable RNG.
// This is cached and done only once per thread.
let mut thread_rng = thread_rng();
// Create small, cheap to initialize and fast RNGs with random seeds.
// One can generally assume this won't fail.
let rngs: Vec<SmallRng> = (0..10)
    .map(|_| SmallRng::from_rng(&mut thread_rng).unwrap())
    .collect();

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for SmallRng[src]

impl Debug for SmallRng[src]

impl Eq for SmallRng[src]

impl PartialEq<SmallRng> for SmallRng[src]

impl RngCore for SmallRng[src]

impl SeedableRng for SmallRng[src]

type Seed = <Xoshiro256PlusPlus as SeedableRng>::Seed

Seed type, which is restricted to types mutably-dereferencable as u8 arrays (we recommend [u8; N] for some N). Read more

impl StructuralEq for SmallRng[src]

impl StructuralPartialEq for SmallRng[src]

Auto Trait Implementations

impl RefUnwindSafe for SmallRng

impl Send for SmallRng

impl Sync for SmallRng

impl Unpin for SmallRng

impl UnwindSafe for SmallRng

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impl<T> Any for T where
    T: 'static + ?Sized
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impl<T> Borrow<T> for T where
    T: ?Sized
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impl<T> BorrowMut<T> for T where
    T: ?Sized
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impl<T> From<T> for T[src]

impl<T, U> Into<U> for T where
    U: From<T>, 
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impl<T> ToOwned for T where
    T: Clone
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type Owned = T

The resulting type after obtaining ownership.

impl<T, U> TryFrom<U> for T where
    U: Into<T>, 
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type Error = Infallible

The type returned in the event of a conversion error.

impl<T, U> TryInto<U> for T where
    U: TryFrom<T>, 
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type Error = <U as TryFrom<T>>::Error

The type returned in the event of a conversion error.

impl<V, T> VZip<V> for T where
    V: MultiLane<T>, 
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