delight-im / delight-im/PHP-Random
Evaluate biases in generation of random floats
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- PHP
- Stars
- 21
- Forks
- 3
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
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