Non-copyable KnuthUniformRng

Posted by Slava Mazur-2 on
URL: http://quantlib.414.s1.nabble.com/Non-copyable-KnuthUniformRng-tp8866.html

The following declaration in KnuthUniformRng effectively makes this class non-copyable:

std::vector<double>::const_iterator ranf_arr_ptr, _arr_sentinel;

However, KnuthUniformRng is not declared as such. As a result, any attempt to call next() of a copy of any temporal instance of KnuthUniformRng ends up in a crash (let me know if further elaboration is needed). I don't believe this is an intended design. There are two possible ways to fix: either to keep indices instead of const_iterator, or to implement a copy constructor and an assignment operator. I personally prefer the former, but can provide any fix community will choose.

Best,

Slava Mazur



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