Source code for bqskit.utils.random

"""This module implements helper methods for random generators."""
from __future__ import annotations

import ctypes
import random
from ctypes.util import find_library
from sys import platform

import numpy as np




def seed_random_sources(seed: int) -> None:
    """Seed the various sources of randomness BQSKit uses."""
    # set rand() seed, used by Ceres
    if platform != 'win32':
        libc = ctypes.CDLL(find_library('c'))
        libc.srand(seed)
    # set numpy seed
    np.random.seed(seed)
    random.seed(seed)