Limit SamplerType to BitTypes. Fix #84

Author: sunoru

Project.toml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name = "RandomNumbers"
 uuid = "e6cf234a-135c-5ec9-84dd-332b85af5143"
 author = ["Sunoru <[email protected]>"]
 repo = "https://github.com/JuliaRandom/RandomNumbers.jl.git"
-version = "1.5.2"
+version = "1.5.3"
 
 [deps]
 Random = "9a3f8284-a2c9-5f02-9a11-845980a1fd5c"

src/common.jl

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const BitTypes = Union{Bool, UInt8, UInt16, UInt32, UInt64, UInt128, Int8, Int16
 
 # For compatibility with functions in Random stdlib.
 rng_native_52(::AbstractRNG) = UInt64
-rand(rng::AbstractRNG, ::Random.SamplerType{T}) where {T} = rand(rng, T)
+rand(rng::AbstractRNG, ::Random.SamplerType{T}) where {T<:BitTypes} = rand(rng, T)
 
 # see https://github.com/JuliaRandom/RandomNumbers.jl/issues/8
 # TODO: find a better approach.

test/generic.jl

@@ -25,4 +25,6 @@ using Test
     @test shuffle(r, a) == [3, 7, 5, 10, 2, 6, 1, 4, 9, 8]
     @test randperm(r, 10) == [2, 10, 1, 6, 4, 3, 7, 8, 9, 5]
     @test randcycle(r, 10) == [8, 4, 5, 1, 10, 2, 3, 9, 7, 6]
+    @test rand(r, ComplexF64) == 0.9500729643158807 + 0.9280185794620359im
+    @test rand(r, Char) == '\Ufe68e'
 end