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Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Random Extension 3.0

Yes, I know the reason why we use MT19937 as the name, but this is not really very user-friendly name. The actual algorithm could be documented in the PHP manual but the name could be better. The problem with this name is that most users simply don't care about the algorithm being used. At least

Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Random Extension 3.0

The RFCs are in limbo, but we are currently thinking of including the following RNGs in the proposal - XorShift128Plus - MT19937 (for compatibility) - MT19937_64 (for more entropy and wider range) While it is clear that MT19937 is simply MersenneTwister, it is not accurate since there is

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Re: [PHP-DEV] [Pre-Vote Announcement] Move RNG functions Random Extension

2021年9月22日(水) 21:01 Aleksander Machniak : > On 22.09.2021 13:21, Go Kudo wrote: > > The voting phase for the following RFCs will begin as soon as two weeks > > have passed. > > The RFC title is not correct English (missing "to" or "into"). The first > paragraph in Introduction is also hard to

Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Random Extension 3.0

2021年9月23日(木) 2:05 Dan Ackroyd : > Go Kudo wrote: > > Dan Ackroyd wrote: > >> you can _simply_ include ext/random/random.h." sounds pretty > >> dismissive of causing possibly unneeded work for downstream projects. > > > > The point I was trying to make was that while BC Breaks do occur, they >

Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Random Extension 3.0

Please don't add more answers to the class name. There is already going to be a backlash if we name it "MT19973" instead of "MersenneTwister"

Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Random Extension 3.0

I had misunderstood this for a long time. Now I understand. This is certainly something to think about. However, I think we also need to consider compatibility. How about something like the following? ```php : > On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 6:31 AM Go Kudo wrote: > >> Hi Nikita, sorry for the late