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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 15:22:06 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Random Extension 3.0
From: tekiela246@gmail.com (Kamil Tekiela)

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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
that is what it was until now. For example
https://phpmanualmasterpieces.tumblr.com/post/65965628369/so-php-such-documented

What I think would be better is to not provide two versions of MT at all
and just call it MersenneTwister. Users who require backwards compatibility
with rand() can do so in userland or keep using rand() for the moment.
Naming is a very minor problem, so I would be ok either way, but I am just
voicing an opinion that having two classes with 32 and 64 at the end, in
this day and age, will be very confusing for users. Better to avoid such
things in PHP.

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