Add Randomizer::nextFloat() and Randomizer::getFloat() (#9679)
* random: Add Randomizer::nextFloat()
* random: Check that doubles are IEEE-754 in Randomizer::nextFloat()
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Add Randomizer::nextFloat() and Randomizer::getFloat() (#9679)
* random: Add Randomizer::nextFloat()
* random: Check that doubles are IEEE-754 in Randomizer::nextFloat()
* random: Add Randomizer::nextFloat() tests
* random: Add Randomizer::getFloat() implementing the y-section algorithm
The algorithm is published in:
Drawing Random Floating-Point Numbers from an Interval. Frédéric
Goualard, ACM Trans. Model. Comput. Simul., 32:3, 2022.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3503512
* random: Implement getFloat_gamma() optimization
see https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/9679/files#r994668327
* random: Add Random\IntervalBoundary
* random: Split the implementation of γ-section into its own file
* random: Add tests for Randomizer::getFloat()
* random: Fix γ-section for 32-bit systems
* random: Replace check for __STDC_IEC_559__ by compile-time check for DBL_MANT_DIG
* random: Drop nextFloat_spacing.phpt
* random: Optimize Randomizer::getFloat() implementation
* random: Reject non-finite parameters in Randomizer::getFloat()
* random: Add NEWS/UPGRADING for Randomizer’s float functionality
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