From 3e9f20da8fa6193dd80d5adbce84b5ed5f88fbe9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jules <jules@rawmaterialsoftware.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:30:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added another Random::fillBitsRandomly method.

---
 modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.cpp | 14 ++++++++++++++
 modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.h   |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.cpp b/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.cpp
index bb5c71d2b3..2f7874bed9 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.cpp
@@ -116,6 +116,20 @@ BigInteger Random::nextLargeNumber (const BigInteger& maximumValue)
     return n;
 }
 
+void Random::fillBitsRandomly (void* const buffer, size_t bytes)
+{
+    int* d = static_cast<int*> (buffer);
+
+    for (; bytes >= sizeof (int); bytes -= sizeof (int))
+        *d++ = nextInt();
+
+    if (bytes > 0)
+    {
+        const int lastBytes = nextInt();
+        memcpy (d, &lastBytes, bytes);
+    }
+}
+
 void Random::fillBitsRandomly (BigInteger& arrayToChange, int startBit, int numBits)
 {
     arrayToChange.setBit (startBit + numBits - 1, true);  // to force the array to pre-allocate space
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.h b/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.h
index 2abf721c5c..67d6a59cdc 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.h
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ public:
     */
     BigInteger nextLargeNumber (const BigInteger& maximumValue);
 
+    /** Fills a block of memory with random values. */
+    void fillBitsRandomly (void* bufferToFill, size_t sizeInBytes);
+
     /** Sets a range of bits in a BigInteger to random values. */
     void fillBitsRandomly (BigInteger& arrayToChange, int startBit, int numBits);