"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? M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
