StreamAddress Structure

public readonly struct StreamAddress : IEquatable<StreamAddress>

Public Structure StreamAddress
	Implements IEquatable(Of StreamAddress)

public value class StreamAddress : IEquatable<StreamAddress>

[<SealedAttribute>]
type StreamAddress = 
    struct
        inherit ValueType
        interface IEquatable<StreamAddress>
    end

Inheritance

Object  →  ValueType  →  StreamAddress

Implements

IEquatable<StreamAddress>

StreamAddress encapsulates a hierarchical addressing scheme for RNG streams. It can represent:

• Empty address: No stream specification (root stream)
• Single-level address: One segment (e.g., stream 5)
• Multi-level address: Multiple segments (e.g., [3, 7, 2] for nested hierarchy)

Stream addresses are used by seed sequences to derive stream-specific entropy, enabling deterministic parallel stream generation and hierarchical spawning compatible with NumPy's SeedSequence.

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