Re: Re: Reseeding rand()/mt_rand()

Hi, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote:

My current objective is to make existing API to work, so resource may be used to set/get PRNG state.

I would prefer it if we not introduce a new usage of resources. An object would suffice.

*** Initialize and Create new PRNG state resource *** resource mt_srand([int|string $seed]) resource: MT rand state resource. $seed: I would like to allow large seed like Python and Ruby.

            When seed is string, use all bits for MT rand state

initialization.

            Example usage: mt_srand(random_bytes(2000));

*** Get random number from state resource *** int mt_rand() // System state int mt_rand(resource $state) // Specified user state int mt_rand(int $min , int $max [,resource $state]) // Specified user state if $state is passed

While we could retrofit this into the existing API, it would be cleaner and friendlier to provide a new one based on objects. -- Andrea Faulds https://ajf.me/