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Re: master d582356: * src/fns.c (Frandom): Handle bignum `limit`s
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: master d582356: * src/fns.c (Frandom): Handle bignum `limit`s |
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Fri, 05 Mar 2021 15:34:41 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> Some people get philosophical about PRNGs, and they might be upset
> about the mere suggestion that 2^N states can be used to generate an
> (N+K)-bit pseudo-random integer...
I haven't even bothered to look at the size of the state of our PRNG, to
tell you the truth. `random` doesn't try to be
cryptography-quality anyway.
> And then we can get rid of the horror that is cl-random, too, right?
I'll let whoever implements it figure that out.
Stefan
- Re: master d582356: * src/fns.c (Frandom): Handle bignum `limit`s, Pip Cet, 2021/03/05
- Re: master d582356: * src/fns.c (Frandom): Handle bignum `limit`s, Stefan Monnier, 2021/03/05
- Re: master d582356: * src/fns.c (Frandom): Handle bignum `limit`s, Pip Cet, 2021/03/05
- Re: master d582356: * src/fns.c (Frandom): Handle bignum `limit`s,
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: master d582356: * src/fns.c (Frandom): Handle bignum `limit`s, Pip Cet, 2021/03/06
- Re: master d582356: * src/fns.c (Frandom): Handle bignum `limit`s, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/03/06
- Re: master d582356: * src/fns.c (Frandom): Handle bignum `limit`s, Pip Cet, 2021/03/06
- Re: master d582356: * src/fns.c (Frandom): Handle bignum `limit`s, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/03/06
- Re: master d582356: * src/fns.c (Frandom): Handle bignum `limit`s, Pip Cet, 2021/03/06
- Re: master d582356: * src/fns.c (Frandom): Handle bignum `limit`s, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/03/06
- Re: master d582356: * src/fns.c (Frandom): Handle bignum `limit`s, Pip Cet, 2021/03/07
- Re: master d582356: * src/fns.c (Frandom): Handle bignum `limit`s, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/03/07
- Re: master d582356: * src/fns.c (Frandom): Handle bignum `limit`s, Pip Cet, 2021/03/07
- Re: master d582356: * src/fns.c (Frandom): Handle bignum `limit`s, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/03/07