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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] More powerful (and backward compatible) API of random
 number generator functions
From: keisial@gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-15?Q?=C1ngel_Gonz=E1lez?=)

Marc Bennewitz wrote:
> Idea for an RFC for a more powerful (and backward compatible) API of
> random number generator functions.
>
> The following psaudocode is self explained (hopfully)
>
> const RAND_ALGO_LIBC
> const RAND_ALGO_MERSENNE_TWISTER
> const RAND_ALGO_OPENSSL
> const RAND_ALGO_GMP
(...)
> What do you think?

Why do you want them?