In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/791f8f9aa5a989a2ccf7f9fae40f68bf65f86f9b?hp=a48e1170fc952fdcdcc202b3ac4bf357d1a7af50>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 791f8f9aa5a989a2ccf7f9fae40f68bf65f86f9b Author: Tony Cook <t...@develop-help.com> Date: Mon Sep 16 14:13:53 2013 +1000 clarify that the new rand() isn't cryptographically secure so people won't read too much into the change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perldelta.pod | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 4b67b20..7ba1c03 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ to platform, from the 15 bits of rand() on Windows to 48-bits on POSIX platforms such as Linux with drand48(). Perl now uses its own internal drand48() implementation on all platforms. -[perl #115928] +This does not make perl's rand() cryptographically secure. [perl #115928] =head2 Better 64-bit support -- Perl5 Master Repository