X-Git-Url: https://www.ginac.de/ginac.git//ginac.git?p=ginac.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=check%2Ftimes.cpp;h=b825543b8da9ea475330900ad0a2a0435dd51c68;hp=f5642862b47f678edba343d9b5c0bde8b1db0a34;hb=789b6b908fadc1139e9bc1a4611cc957ad11579b;hpb=aae2dae47827f2b0102b7557bddc22e8555d490b diff --git a/check/times.cpp b/check/times.cpp index f5642862..b825543b 100644 --- a/check/times.cpp +++ b/check/times.cpp @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ * Main program that calls the individual timings. */ /* - * GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany + * GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999-2007 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -17,140 +17,88 @@ * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software - * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ #include -#include - #include "times.h" +/** Generate a random amount of symbols and destroy them again immediatly. + * This operation effectively makes the serial numbers of all subsequent + * symbols unpredictable. If the serials are unpredictable, then so are + * their hash values. If the hash values are unpredictable, then so are + * the canonical orderings. If the canonical orderings are unpredictable, + * all subsequent times are subject to some variation. This variation, + * however is natural and desireable for two reasons: First, we cannot know + * how many symbols have been generated before in real world computations. + * Second, the following timings are subject to some semi-random variation + * anyways because short timings need to be repeated until enough time has + * gone by for the measurement to be reliable. During this process the serial + * numbers will be shifted anyways in a semi-random way. It is better not + * to lull the user in a false sense of reproducibility and instead confront + * her with the normal variation to be expected. + */ +void randomify_symbol_serials() +{ + srand(time(NULL)); + const int m = rand() % 666; + for (int s=0; s