[llvm-bugs] [Bug 39344] uniform_real_distribution can't generate the full range of finite floating point numbers

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https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39344

Tim Northover <t.p.northover at gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |INVALID
                 CC|                            |t.p.northover at gmail.com
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED

--- Comment #1 from Tim Northover <t.p.northover at gmail.com> ---
The C++ standard requires the range to be smaller than the largest
representable value so that low & high pair is invalid. From
[rand.dist.uni.real]p2:

    "Requires: a ≤ b and b − a ≤ numeric_limits<RealType>::max()."

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