On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 15:32:32 +0000, Mark Murray wrote: > "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" writes: > > Wouldn't it be a good idea to change the name at the same time? Or > > should it be retained for compatibility reasons with other BSDs? > > > > Currently the name needlessly exposes implementation detail. Callers > > expect good, cheap, non-blocking randomness but don't give a hoot if > > that is actually provided trough use of RC4 or not. I see no reason why > > the implementation could be changed if the contract is maintained. > > Good point. We can re-implement random() internally with arc4rand(). > > Objections?
We can't, simple because sequence must be repeated for the same seed across the calls. -- Andrey A. Chernov http://ache.pp.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
