Re: [RFC] RNG fixes
| From: | Davey Shafik | Date: | Tue, 14 Jun 2016 19:56:21 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] RNG fixes | ||
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On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 20:13 Fleshgrinder <php@fleshgrinder.com> wrote:
> On 6/14/2016 8:56 PM, Christoph Becker wrote:
> > Yes, I'm aware of that, and that change isn't an issue for me (except
> > maybe that it might happen in a minor version). I was responding to
> > Richard (Fleshgrinder) who suggested to remove rand() and mt_rand()
> > alltogether, because there is random_int().
> >
>
> I understood how you mean it. :)
>
> Call me ignorant but is this required in typical web applications?
> Couldn't we move this functionality to PECL? I mean, it is required in
> games but other than that.
>
> Please correct me if that is wrong!
>
> --
> Richard "Fleshgrinder" Fussenegger
>
>
I think as this is a BC break it should require the 2/3 majority. I do
support fixing the RNGs though.
Have you done any checks on GitHub etc to see how widespread this usage is?
I'd like to get some data on that too.