Re: [RFC][DISCUSSION] Improve uniqid() uniqueness
| From: | Kazuo Oishi | Date: | Mon, 12 Sep 2016 14:46:32 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC][DISCUSSION] Improve uniqid() uniqueness | ||
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Hi,
>> IMO, improving it (generate better semi-unique ID) is not important
>> enoungh to introduce unnecessary BC break. (Why returning string length
>> is changed?)
>
> It cannot not produce unique ID by default as name "uniqid()" implies.
> Reason is described in the RFC. Please read RFC because it's the
> official proposal.
I had read it, of course. But I could not understand why you chose BC
break way.
Now, I understand your intention to change default value of
"more_entropy" despite of BC break. You do want to change the default
behavior of uniqid.
But I cannot agree.
--
Kazuo Oishi