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// Author: Kevin P. Barry [ta0kira@gmail.com]

// Generates values of type #x.
@value interface Generator<|#x> {
  generate () -> (#x)
}

// Generates exponentially-distributed Float values.
concrete RandomExponential {
  refines Generator<Float>

  // Creates a new generator with the specified lambda value.
  @type new (Float) -> (#self)

  // Resets the seed for RNG.
  @value setSeed (Int) -> (#self)
}

// Generates Gaussian-distributed Float values.
concrete RandomGaussian {
  refines Generator<Float>

  // Creates a new generator with the specified mean and standard deviation.
  @type new (Float,Float) -> (#self)

  // Resets the seed for RNG.
  @value setSeed (Int) -> (#self)
}

// Generates uniformly-distributed Float values.
concrete RandomUniform {
  refines Generator<Float>

  // Creates a new generator with the specified min and max values.
  @type new (Float,Float) -> (#self)

  // Resets the seed for RNG.
  @value setSeed (Int) -> (#self)
}

concrete Randomize {
  // Creates a permutation from the CategoricalTree.
  //
  // 1. Creates a copy of the CategoricalTree.
  // 2. Samples from the copy *without* replacement until the tree is empty.
  //
  // Notes:
  // - The Generator must only return values in [0,1).
  @category permuteFrom<#c> (CategoricalTree<#c>,Generator<Float>,Append<#c>) -> ()
}