Re: [RFC] RNG fixes
| From: | Pierre Joye | Date: | Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:51:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] RNG fixes | ||
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On Jun 29, 2016 10:03 PM, "Leigh" <leight@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think I've caught up on everything discussed now.
>
> One thing I would like to point out, when people have searched for
> "legitimate uses" of mt_rand(), you should have been looking for
> legitimate uses of mt_srand() - this is the functionality that will be
> broken.
>
> On 16 June 2016 at 03:21, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:
> > There are ways to achieve what you want in a nice way while not breaking
> > things. Let consider them.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Pierre
>
> So what would you suggest? mt_rand_mode() with constants for correct
> and legacy? (defaulting to correct, and a single fcall for users to
> get the old behaviour back)
Yes that would make it. Even if i would prefer the other way for at least
one version.