On 10/02/2014 03:20 PM, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
Dixi quod…
tl;dr: We probably should simplify the code (no promises
about $RANDOM other than its value area) and not export
$RANDOM any more, and only use arc4random-related functions
where really convenient, “lesser” OSes are SOL. We move
Later extensions (associative arrays) will require random
numbers, though. For maintenance reasons (not exporting it
eases maintenance burden on scripts), I will remove export
RANDOM in the next mksh release. I won’t touch the code
related to $RANDOM for now, though.
bye,
//mirabilos
I'm glad to hear it.
See you,
loreb