Re: [RFC] Random Extension 3.0

On Fri, 3 Sept 2021 at 18:41, Go Kudo <zeriyoshi@gmail.com> wrote: > > Nikita wrote: >> this one also moves all of the existing RNG-related functionality >> from ext/standard to ext/random. > > There are several reasons for this. > > - The random extension name is already used by ext/standard and > may > interfere with the build system. > - Due to the namespace rules for new extensions, it is inappropriate to > rename an extension. > - Due to history, the rand / mt_rand dependency is tricky and I thought it > was time to sort it out. > - I don't think it's a good idea to have multiple header files for a single > domain feature. Have you considered how much work that is going to incur on downstream projects? If there's a good reason for moving stuff around then it can be appropriate, but the RFC phrasing of: "At the same time, the following internal APIs will also be relocated. If you want to use them, you can _simply_ include ext/random/random.h." sounds pretty dismissive of causing possibly unneeded work for downstream projects. cheers Dan Ack