Re: random doesn't feel very random

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Cc: Achim Gratz <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:07:10 -0400
> 
> > IMO, it would be better to fix the packages that misuse '(random t)'.
> 
> How?

Like you suggested:

> So to fix those bugs, we have to:
> - change Emacs's initialization so that it seeds its PRNG.
> - eliminate most/all calls to (random t), which is best done by changing
>   `random' to do nothing when called with argument t (after all,
>   re-seeding wouldn't make it less predictable anyway).