On Saturday, 2 March 2013 at 17:40:58 UTC, Joseph Rushton
Wakeling wrote:
Hello all,
Can anyone advise on the theoretical basis for the
unpredictableSeed method in std.random? I've tried googling
around for the theory of good thread-safe seed generation
methods but haven't really found anything. :-(
Thanks & best wishes,
-- Joe
You can use the real time clock, which should have nanosecond
precision. It should be very hard to predict because the clock
will fluctuate based on environmental factors. I don't know if
all architectures have an adequate real time clock however if
portability is needed.
--rt
