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- Subject: Re: [ANN] lua-arc4random v1.0
- From: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 17:56:14 -0200
> Interesting approach, as math.random(), based on ansi C `rand()`, isn't really considered as a good random generator.
Lua 5.3 uses POSIX random instead of rand, in POSIX platforms.
> Personally, I did something analog, but as a change to the Lua source code, by defining a `luai_rand` macro in `luaconf.h`:
Lua 5.3 now supports macros l_rand and l_srand which can be set by the builder.
