default random object?

[Christopher Wright]

Ary Borenszweig wrote:
> Christopher Wright escribió:
>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> auto rng = Random(unpredictableSeed);
>>> auto a = 0.0, b = 1.0;
>>> auto x1 = uniform!("[]")(rng, a, b);
>>> auto x2 = uniform!("[)")(rng, a, b);
>>> auto x3 = uniform!("(]")(rng, a, b);
>>> auto x4 = uniform!("()")(rng, a, b);
>>
>> I always have to look up whether "[]" is exclusive or inclusive. It's 
>> succinct, but you only have to write code once, and you have to read 
>> it often.
> 
> You can remember "]" is more in touch with the number of the right (the 
> stick is in full touch with the number) while the ")" only touches the 
> number in that tiny right bit of the parenthesis. So the "]" includes 
> it, but the ")" merely touches it but doesn't include it.
> 
> At least that's what comes to my mind with those symbols. :-P

Right, but these helpful mnemonics will flee well before I see any use 
of uniform.