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                        `Metal.rand` with `Int8` and `Int16` are only generating positive numbers
On main branch. Noticed while working on JuliaGPU/Metal.jl#321. Will still be relevant once JuliaGPU/Metal.jl#321 is merged as the MPSMatrixRandom generation is not always used. Unsigned integers and 32/64 bit variants seem unaffected.
Histograms:
Code:
using Metal, Plots, Random, Statistics
N=100000;
T = Int16;
a = rand(T, N);
ma = Metal.rand(T,N)
meana = mean(a)
meanma = mean(ma)
hist = plot()
histogram!(a;label="Array{$T}: $(mean(a))",α=0.2)
histogram!(hist, collect(ma);label="MtlArray{$T}: $(meanma)",α=0.2)