[MATH-1304] "nextBytes" methods in RNG implementations

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 3.5
• Fix Version/s: 3.6
• Assignee: Gilles Sadowski
• Reporter: Gilles Sadowski
• Created: 21/Dec/15 00:23
• Updated: 04/Feb/16 01:07
• Resolved: 04/Feb/16 01:07

Description

There are two implementations of the "nextBytes" method.
One is in AbstractRandomGenerator and the other in BitsStreamGenerator.

The code should be the same.
And, if possible, it should be shared.

MATH-1300 has several suggestions for improving the current implementations.

Issue Links

• is related to: MATH-1300 BitsStreamGenerator#nextBytes(byte[]) is wrong
• is superceded by: MATH-1319 Refactor the package "o.a.c.m.random"