Re: RFC: uniqid default param
| From: | Sascha Schumann | Date: | Mon, 10 Feb 2003 22:08:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: RFC: uniqid default param | ||
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On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Marcus Börger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the current implementation of uniqid set the more entropy default
> true for CYGWIN and false for the rest. CYGWIN must use more
> entropy because it does not produce new values after usleep(1)
> necessarily. However usleep(1) should nowadays be very slow
> compared to whatever php_combined_lcg() needs to do.
>
> Shall more entropy be always true?
No, some users might depend on the return format (think of
database entries).
- Sascha