File : ffa_rng.ads

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   3 -- This file is part of 'Finite Field Arithmetic', aka 'FFA'.               --
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   5 -- (C) 2017 Stanislav Datskovskiy ( www.loper-os.org )                      --
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  19 
  20 with Ada.Sequential_IO;
  21 
  22 with FFA; use FFA;
  23 use type FFA.Word;
  24 
  25 
  26 package FFA_RNG is
  27    
  28    Default_RNG_Path : constant String := "/dev/random";
  29    
  30    -- For reading from RNGs:
  31    package Word_IO is new Ada.Sequential_IO(Element_Type => Word);
  32    
  33    -- Represents an RNG Device:
  34    type RNG_Device is record
  35       F : Word_IO.File_Type;
  36    end record;
  37    
  38    -- Prepare an RNG for use; at given path, or will use default
  39    procedure Init_RNG(RNG           : out RNG_Device;
  40                       RNG_Unix_Path : in  String := Default_RNG_Path);
  41    
  42    -- Fill a FZ from RNG
  43    procedure FZ_Random(RNG : in RNG_Device;
  44                        N   : out FZ);
  45    
  46 end FFA_RNG;