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Date:      Tue, 31 May 2016 17:25:46 +0300
From:      Andrey Chernov <ache@freebsd.org>
To:        Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>
Cc:        pfg@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r300956 - head/lib/libc/stdlib
Message-ID:  <4f2f6e12-a50e-5463-75a4-6bb8d91350ae@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20160531224808.F3933@besplex.bde.org>
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On 31.05.2016 17:17, Bruce Evans wrote:
> Our rand should use just 1, and it is dangerous to change RAND_MAX again,
> but can we even change the sequences?  Something might depend on
> reproducing the old sequences.

This question already arises many times. The sequence must be
reproducible during program runtime only, it is impossible to change
implementation at all otherwise. If someone needs something always
reproducible it needs to implement their own PRNG.




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