delight-im / delight-im/PHP-Random

Evaluate biases in generation of random floats

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PHP
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Description

* https://lemire.me/blog/2017/02/28/how-many-floating-point-numbers-are-in-the-interval-01/
* https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/16706
* http://xoroshiro.di.unimi.it/random_real.c
* https://mumble.net/~campbell/2014/04/28/random_real.c

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Research direction

Review the linked article, PyTorch issue, and random_real.c references first, then inspect PHP-Random's float-generation entry point. Establish whether the current generation is biased and define the expected behavior or evidence needed for the issue to be considered evaluated.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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