hey luke you know you sound like an asshole right?

Luke Small <lukensm...@gmail.com> wrote:

> If you’re not running a threaded program, my function wouldn’t be “less
> safe.”
> 
> I’d imagine that 99% of programs aren’t multithreaded.
> 
> On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 1:01 PM <k...@sdf.org> wrote:
> 
> > > There is the specifically non-threadsafe call getchar_unlocked() on
> > OpenBSD
> > > which is presumably available for performance reasons alone, when
> > getchar()
> > > is a perfectly viable option and is even an ISO conforming function.
> > What I
> > > submitted could be such a higher performance non-threadsafe function.
> > >
> > > so, how about arc4random_uniform_unlocked() ?!
> >
> > getchar_unlocked is mandated by POSIX.
> >
> > OpenBSD has not yet invented an alternate function that only exists to
> > give away safety for performance. It has only gone in the opposite
> > direction if anything.
> >
> > --
> -Luke

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