random: remove bmrand() and prand()

We do not need these functions in Spot.

* spot/misc/random.cc, spot/misc/random.hh (bmrand, prand): Remove.
* NEWS: Mention it.

NEWS

@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ New in spot 2.4.1.dev (not yet released)
     function also do not take to list of atomic propositions as an
     argument anymore.
 
+  - The spot::bmrand() and spot::prand() functions have been removed.
+    They were not used at all in Spot, and it's not Spot's objective
+    to provide such random functions.
+
   Bugs fixed:
 
   - Automata produced by "genaut --ks-nca=N" were incorrectly marked

spot/misc/random.cc

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-// Copyright (C) 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Laboratoire de Recherche et
+// Copyright (C) 2011-2015, 2017 Laboratoire de Recherche et
 // Développement de l'Epita (LRDE).
 // Copyright (C) 2004 Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6 (LIP6),
 // département Systèmes Répartis Coopératifs (SRC), Université Pierre
@@ -87,46 +87,4 @@ namespace spot
     else
       return t - (p / q);
   }
-
-  double
-  bmrand()
-  {
-    static double next;
-    static bool has_next = false;
-
-    if (has_next)
-      {
-        has_next = false;
-        return next;
-      }
-
-    double x;
-    double y;
-    double r;
-    do
-      {
-        x = 2.0 * drand() - 1.0;
-        y = 2.0 * drand() - 1.0;
-        r = x * x + y * y;
-      }
-    while (r >= 1.0 || r == 0.0);
-    r = sqrt(-2 * log(r) / r);
-    next = y * r;
-    has_next = true;
-    return x * r;
-  }
-
-  int
-  prand(double p)
-  {
-    double s = 0.0;
-    long x = 0;
-
-    while (s < p)
-      {
-        s -= log(1.0 - drand());
-        ++x;
-      }
-    return x - 1;
-  }
 }

spot/misc/random.hh

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-// Copyright (C) 2015 Laboratoire de Recherche et Développement
+// Copyright (C) 2015, 2017 Laboratoire de Recherche et Développement
 // de l'Epita (LRDE).
 // Copyright (C) 2004  Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6 (LIP6),
 // département Systèmes Répartis Coopératifs (SRC), Université Pierre
@@ -66,13 +66,6 @@ namespace spot
   /// Statistics, 1974, vol 23, pp 96-97.
   SPOT_API double nrand();
 
-  /// \brief Compute a pseudo-random double value
-  /// following a standard normal distribution.  (Box-Muller)
-  ///
-  /// This uses the polar form of the Box-Muller transform
-  /// to generate random values.
-  SPOT_API double bmrand();
-
   /// \brief Compute pseudo-random integer value between 0
   /// and \a n included, following a binomial distribution
   /// with probability \a p.
@@ -113,12 +106,6 @@ namespace spot
     const double s_;
   };
 
-  /// \brief Return a pseudo-random positive integer value
-  /// following a Poisson distribution with parameter \a p.
-  ///
-  /// \pre <code>p > 0</code>
-  SPOT_API int prand(double p);
-
   /// \brief Shuffle the container using mrand function above.
   /// This allows to get rid off shuffle or random_shuffle that use
   /// uniform_distribution and RandomIterator that are not portables.