Stanisław T. Findeisen wrote:
Hello
I have a question regarding srand() usage with mod_perl. The
documentation says:
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Do not call srand() (i.e. without an argument) more than once in a
script. The internal state of the random number generator should contain
more entropy than can be provided by any seed, so calling srand() again
actually loses randomness.
http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/srand.html
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How does this relate to mod_perl? Is it safe to simply call srand() once
per CGI script?
Personally, i call srand in my startup.pl, and not in individual cgi
scripts. I have no idea if that's actually a good practice or not
though. It might for example be a better idea to call it in a ChildInit
handler.
Adam
