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+/**
+ * random.rs
+ *
+ * Simple wrapper over a random number generator. Put here so that we can have
+ * a feature flag for particular forms of randomness. For now we'll use pseudo-
+ * randomness since that will help debugging.
+ */
+
+use rand::{RngCore, SeedableRng};
+use rand_pcg;
+
+pub(crate) struct Random {
+    rng: rand_pcg::Lcg64Xsh32,
+}
+
+impl Random {
+    pub(crate) fn new() -> Self {
+        use std::time::SystemTime;
+
+        let now = SystemTime::now();
+        let elapsed = match now.duration_since(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH) {
+            Ok(elapsed) => elapsed,
+            Err(err) => err.duration(),
+        };
+
+        let elapsed = elapsed.as_nanos();
+        let seed = elapsed.to_le_bytes();
+
+        return Self::new_seeded(seed);
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn new_seeded(seed: [u8; 16]) -> Self {
+        return Self{ rng: rand_pcg::Pcg32::from_seed(seed) }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn get_u64(&mut self) -> u64 {
+        return self.rng.next_u64();
+    }
+}
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