[MacRuby-devel] [MacRuby] #434: MacRuby should use arc4random() rather than random()

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Mon Dec 21 09:26:30 PST 2009


#434: MacRuby should use arc4random() rather than random()
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 Reporter:  jkh@…          |       Owner:  martinlagardette@…        
     Type:  defect         |      Status:  new                       
 Priority:  blocker        |   Milestone:  MacRuby 0.5               
Component:  MacRuby        |    Keywords:  security crypto           
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Comment(by martinlagardette@…):

 The problem, if we use arc4random(), is that we will not be able to
 reproduce exactly the way #srand is supposed to work, because there is not
 seed equivalent. I will talk to Laurent about that.

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Ticket URL: <http://www.macruby.org/trac/ticket/434#comment:2>
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