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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Reseeding rand()/mt_rand()
From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds)

Hi,

Yasuo Ohgaki wrote:
> My current objective is to make existing API to work, so resource may be
> used
> to set/get PRNG state.

I would prefer it if we not introduce a new usage of resources. An 
object would suffice.

> *** Initialize and Create new PRNG state resource ***
> resource mt_srand([int|string $seed])
>
> resource: MT rand state resource.
> $seed: I would like to allow large seed like Python and Ruby.
>             When seed is string, use all bits for MT rand state
> initialization.
>             Example usage: mt_srand(random_bytes(2000));
>
> *** Get random number from state resource ***
> int mt_rand() // System state
> int mt_rand(resource $state) // Specified user state
> int mt_rand(int $min , int $max [,resource $state]) // Specified user state
> if $state is passed

While we could retrofit this into the existing API, it would be cleaner 
and friendlier to provide a new one based on objects.


-- 
Andrea Faulds
https://ajf.me/