v/vlib/crypto/rand/utils.v

// Copyright (c) 2019-2020 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 rand

import math.bits
import encoding.binary

pub fn int_u64(max u64) ?u64 {
	bitlen := bits.len_64(max)
	if bitlen == 0 {
		return u64(0)
	}
	k := (bitlen + 7) / 8
	mut b := u64(bitlen % 8)
	if b == u64(0) {
		b = u64(8)
	}
	mut n := u64(0)
	for {
		mut bytes := read(k) or {
			return error(err)
		}
		bytes[0] &= byte(int(u64(1)<<b) - 1)
		x := bytes_to_u64(bytes)
		n = x[0]
		// NOTE: maybe until we have bigint could do it another way?
		// if x.len > 1 {
		// 	n = u64(u32(x[1])<<u32(32)) | n
		// }
		if n < max {
			return n
		}
	}
	return n
}

fn bytes_to_u64(b []byte) []u64 {
	ws := 64/8
	mut z := []u64{len:((b.len + ws - 1) / ws)}
	mut i := b.len
	for k := 0; i >= ws; k++ {
		z[k] = binary.big_endian_u64(b[i-ws..i])
		i -= ws
	}
	if i > 0 {
		mut d := u64(0)
		for s := u64(0); i > 0; s += u64(8) {
			d |= u64(b[i-1]) << s
			i--
		}
		z[z.len-1] = d
	}
	return z
}