v/vlib/rand/seed/seed.v

// Copyright (c) 2019-2022 Alexander Medvednikov. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by an MIT license
// that can be found in the LICENSE file.
module seed

import time

// nr_next returns a next value based on the previous value `prev`.
[inline]
fn nr_next(prev u32) u32 {
	return prev * 1664525 + 1013904223
}

// time_seed_array returns the required number of u32s generated from system time.
pub fn time_seed_array(count int) []u32 {
	ctime := time.sys_mono_now()
	mut seed := u32(ctime >> 32 ^ (ctime & 0x0000_0000_FFFF_FFFF))
	mut seed_data := []u32{cap: count}
	for _ in 0 .. count {
		seed = nr_next(seed)
		seed_data << nr_next(seed)
	}
	return seed_data
}

// time_seed_32 returns a 32-bit seed generated from system time.
[manualfree]
pub fn time_seed_32() u32 {
	sa := time_seed_array(1)
	res := sa[0]
	unsafe { sa.free() }
	return res
}

// time_seed_64 returns a 64-bit seed generated from system time.
[manualfree]
pub fn time_seed_64() u64 {
	seed_data := time_seed_array(2)
	lower := u64(seed_data[0])
	upper := u64(seed_data[1])
	unsafe { seed_data.free() }
	res := lower | (upper << 32)
	return res
}