Re: cvs: php4 / php.ini-dist php.ini-recommended

On 25 Aug 2001 00:11:02 +0000, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > jeroen Fri Aug 24 20:11:02 2001 EDT > > Modified files: > /php4 php.ini-dist php.ini-recommended > Log: > Add random number generator-entry to INI-files > > > Index: php4/php.ini-dist > diff -u php4/php.ini-dist:1.94 php4/php.ini-dist:1.95 > --- php4/php.ini-dist:1.94 Tue Aug 14 16:23:25 2001 > +++ php4/php.ini-dist Fri Aug 24 20:11:01 2001 > @@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ > ; reference). > allow_call_time_pass_reference = On > > +; Default random number generator. Specify here which random number generator > +; you want to use for the PHP-rand() function. Usually MT (Mersenne Twister, > +; see http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mt-rand.php) is > the best choice. > +; It is thread-safe, fast, and, quite important, mod and divide-free. > +; Possible values are 'system', 'mt' and 'lcg' > +random_number_generator = mt shouldn't the default be the backward compatible one? tc