Add helpers for implementing uniform integer distribution

* Utility for extended mult n x n bits -> 2n bits
* Utility to adapt output from URBG to target (unsigned) integral
  type
* Utility to reorder signed values into unsigned type while keeping
  the order.

src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ set(IMPL_HEADERS
   ${SOURCES_DIR}/internal/catch_preprocessor.hpp
   ${SOURCES_DIR}/internal/catch_preprocessor_remove_parens.hpp
   ${SOURCES_DIR}/internal/catch_random_floating_point_helpers.hpp
+  ${SOURCES_DIR}/internal/catch_random_integer_helpers.hpp
   ${SOURCES_DIR}/internal/catch_random_number_generator.hpp
   ${SOURCES_DIR}/internal/catch_random_seed_generation.hpp
   ${SOURCES_DIR}/internal/catch_reporter_registry.hpp

src/catch2/catch_all.hpp

@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 #include <catch2/internal/catch_preprocessor_internal_stringify.hpp>
 #include <catch2/internal/catch_preprocessor_remove_parens.hpp>
 #include <catch2/internal/catch_random_floating_point_helpers.hpp>
+#include <catch2/internal/catch_random_integer_helpers.hpp>
 #include <catch2/internal/catch_random_number_generator.hpp>
 #include <catch2/internal/catch_random_seed_generation.hpp>
 #include <catch2/internal/catch_reporter_registry.hpp>

src/catch2/internal/catch_random_integer_helpers.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+
+//              Copyright Catch2 Authors
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//   (See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or copy at
+//        https://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.0
+
+#ifndef CATCH_RANDOM_INTEGER_HELPERS_HPP_INCLUDED
+#define CATCH_RANDOM_INTEGER_HELPERS_HPP_INCLUDED
+
+#include <climits>
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <type_traits>
+
+namespace Catch {
+    namespace Detail {
+
+        template <std::size_t>
+        struct SizedUnsignedType;
+#define SizedUnsignedTypeHelper( TYPE )        \
+    template <>                                \
+    struct SizedUnsignedType<sizeof( TYPE )> { \
+        using type = TYPE;                     \
+    }
+
+        SizedUnsignedTypeHelper( std::uint8_t );
+        SizedUnsignedTypeHelper( std::uint16_t );
+        SizedUnsignedTypeHelper( std::uint32_t );
+        SizedUnsignedTypeHelper( std::uint64_t );
+#undef SizedUnsignedTypeHelper
+
+        template <std::size_t sz>
+        using SizedUnsignedType_t = typename SizedUnsignedType<sz>::type;
+
+        template <typename T>
+        using DoubleWidthUnsignedType_t = SizedUnsignedType_t<2 * sizeof( T )>;
+
+        template <typename T>
+        struct ExtendedMultResult {
+            T upper;
+            T lower;
+            friend bool operator==( ExtendedMultResult const& lhs,
+                                    ExtendedMultResult const& rhs ) {
+                return lhs.upper == rhs.upper && lhs.lower == rhs.lower;
+            }
+        };
+
+        // Returns 128 bit result of multiplying lhs and rhs
+        constexpr ExtendedMultResult<std::uint64_t>
+        extendedMult( std::uint64_t lhs, std::uint64_t rhs ) {
+            // We use the simple long multiplication approach for
+            // correctness, we can use platform specific builtins
+            // for performance later.
+
+            // Split the lhs and rhs into two 32bit "digits", so that we can
+            // do 64 bit arithmetic to handle carry bits.
+            //            32b    32b    32b    32b
+            //     lhs                  L1     L2
+            //   * rhs                  R1     R2
+            //            ------------------------
+            //                       |  R2 * L2  |
+            //                 |  R2 * L1  |
+            //                 |  R1 * L2  |
+            //           |  R1 * L1  |
+            //           -------------------------
+            //           |  a  |  b  |  c  |  d  |
+
+#define CarryBits( x ) ( x >> 32 )
+#define Digits( x ) ( x & 0xFF'FF'FF'FF )
+
+            auto r2l2 = Digits( rhs ) * Digits( lhs );
+            auto r2l1 = Digits( rhs ) * CarryBits( lhs );
+            auto r1l2 = CarryBits( rhs ) * Digits( lhs );
+            auto r1l1 = CarryBits( rhs ) * CarryBits( lhs );
+
+            // Sum to columns first
+            auto d = Digits( r2l2 );
+            auto c = CarryBits( r2l2 ) + Digits( r2l1 ) + Digits( r1l2 );
+            auto b = CarryBits( r2l1 ) + CarryBits( r1l2 ) + Digits( r1l1 );
+            auto a = CarryBits( r1l1 );
+
+            // Propagate carries between columns
+            c += CarryBits( d );
+            b += CarryBits( c );
+            a += CarryBits( b );
+
+            // Remove the used carries
+            c = Digits( c );
+            b = Digits( b );
+            a = Digits( a );
+
+#undef CarryBits
+#undef Digits
+
+            return {
+                a << 32 | b, // upper 64 bits
+                c << 32 | d  // lower 64 bits
+            };
+        }
+
+        template <typename UInt>
+        constexpr ExtendedMultResult<UInt> extendedMult( UInt lhs, UInt rhs ) {
+            static_assert( std::is_unsigned<UInt>::value,
+                           "extendedMult can only handle unsigned integers" );
+            static_assert( sizeof( UInt ) < sizeof( std::uint64_t ),
+                           "Generic extendedMult can only handle types smaller "
+                           "than uint64_t" );
+            using WideType = DoubleWidthUnsignedType_t<UInt>;
+
+            auto result = WideType( lhs ) * WideType( rhs );
+            return {
+                static_cast<UInt>( result >> ( CHAR_BIT * sizeof( UInt ) ) ),
+                static_cast<UInt>( result & UInt( -1 ) ) };
+        }
+
+
+        template <typename TargetType,
+                  typename Generator>
+            std::enable_if_t<sizeof(typename Generator::result_type) >= sizeof(TargetType),
+            TargetType> fillBitsFrom(Generator& gen) {
+            using gresult_type = typename Generator::result_type;
+            static_assert( std::is_unsigned<TargetType>::value, "Only unsigned integers are supported" );
+            static_assert( Generator::min() == 0 &&
+                           Generator::max() == static_cast<gresult_type>( -1 ),
+                           "Generator must be able to output all numbers in its result type (effectively it must be a random bit generator)" );
+
+            // We want to return the top bits from a generator, as they are
+            // usually considered higher quality.
+            constexpr auto generated_bits = sizeof( gresult_type ) * CHAR_BIT;
+            constexpr auto return_bits = sizeof( TargetType ) * CHAR_BIT;
+
+            return static_cast<TargetType>( gen() >>
+                                            ( generated_bits - return_bits) );
+        }
+
+        template <typename TargetType,
+                  typename Generator>
+            std::enable_if_t<sizeof(typename Generator::result_type) < sizeof(TargetType),
+            TargetType> fillBitsFrom(Generator& gen) {
+            using gresult_type = typename Generator::result_type;
+            static_assert( std::is_unsigned<TargetType>::value,
+                           "Only unsigned integers are supported" );
+            static_assert( Generator::min() == 0 &&
+                           Generator::max() == static_cast<gresult_type>( -1 ),
+                           "Generator must be able to output all numbers in its result type (effectively it must be a random bit generator)" );
+
+            constexpr auto generated_bits = sizeof( gresult_type ) * CHAR_BIT;
+            constexpr auto return_bits = sizeof( TargetType ) * CHAR_BIT;
+            std::size_t filled_bits = 0;
+            TargetType ret = 0;
+            do {
+                ret <<= generated_bits;
+                ret |= gen();
+                filled_bits += generated_bits;
+            } while ( filled_bits < return_bits );
+
+            return ret;
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * Transposes numbers into unsigned type while keeping their ordering
+         *
+         * This means that signed types are changed so that the ordering is
+         * [INT_MIN, ..., -1, 0, ..., INT_MAX], rather than order we would
+         * get by simple casting ([0, ..., INT_MAX, INT_MIN, ..., -1])
+         */
+        template <typename OriginalType, typename UnsignedType>
+        std::enable_if_t<std::is_signed<OriginalType>::value, UnsignedType>
+        transposeToNaturalOrder( UnsignedType in ) {
+            static_assert(
+                sizeof( OriginalType ) == sizeof( UnsignedType ),
+                "reordering requires the same sized types on both sides" );
+            static_assert( std::is_unsigned<UnsignedType>::value,
+                           "Input type must be unsigned" );
+            // Assuming 2s complement (standardized in current C++), the
+            // positive and negative numbers are already internally ordered,
+            // and their difference is in the top bit. Swapping it orders
+            // them the desired way.
+            constexpr auto highest_bit =
+                UnsignedType( 1 ) << ( sizeof( UnsignedType ) * CHAR_BIT - 1 );
+            return static_cast<UnsignedType>( in ^ highest_bit );
+        }
+
+
+
+        template <typename OriginalType,
+                  typename UnsignedType>
+        std::enable_if_t<std::is_unsigned<OriginalType>::value, UnsignedType>
+            transposeToNaturalOrder(UnsignedType in) {
+            static_assert(
+                sizeof( OriginalType ) == sizeof( UnsignedType ),
+                "reordering requires the same sized types on both sides" );
+            static_assert( std::is_unsigned<UnsignedType>::value, "Input type must be unsigned" );
+            // No reordering is needed for unsigned -> unsigned
+            return in;
+        }
+    } // namespace Detail
+} // namespace Catch
+
+#endif // CATCH_RANDOM_INTEGER_HELPERS_HPP_INCLUDED

src/catch2/meson.build

@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ internal_headers = [
   'internal/catch_preprocessor_internal_stringify.hpp',
   'internal/catch_preprocessor_remove_parens.hpp',
   'internal/catch_random_floating_point_helpers.hpp',
+  'internal/catch_random_integer_helpers.hpp',
   'internal/catch_random_number_generator.hpp',
   'internal/catch_random_seed_generation.hpp',
   'internal/catch_reporter_registry.hpp',