Re: random_seed()

On Mon, Apr 1, 2019, 05:52 David Rodrigues <david.proweb@gmail.com> wrote: > Just to know, can we have a random_seed() for random_int()/random_bytes() > like we have mt_srand() to mt_rand()? > > I don't know if random_int() is more "random" than mt_rand(), but if it is, > so maybe is valid a random_seed() function. > > -- > David Rodrigues > Hello, random_bytes/random_int use proper random generation source - /dev/urandom in most cases (and appropriate source on windows) - that's the whole point why they were introduced. There is no need for seeds nor it can even be initialized with a seed. They are, as far as I understand, cryptographically safe random generators. I suggest reading up on the subject, the RFC and the whole thing. Their introduction was well covered by various core devs in blog posts. >