# [VOTE] Randomizer Additions

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/118988
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/118988
- Started by tim@bastelstu.be on 2022-11-09T08:47:50+00:00
- Messages: 2
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## #118988 — tim@bastelstu.be — 2022-11-09T08:47:50+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/118988#118988

Hi

as Joshua announced on Monday [1] we're now opening the vote for

"Randomizer Additions" [2]

The RFC contains two votes, each of which requires a 2/3 majority.

Voting will run 2 weeks until:

2022-11-23 at 09:00 UTC

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Please find the below resources for your reference:

RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/randomizer_additions
PoC implementation:
- https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/9664 (For Vote (1))
- https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/9679 (For Vote (2))

Discussion Thread: https://externals.io/message/118810

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[1] https://externals.io/message/118810#118980
[2] https://wiki.php.net/rfc/randomizer_additions

Best regards
Tim Düsterhus

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## #119024 — tim@bastelstu.be — 2022-11-23T09:02:23+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/118988#119024 · In reply to: #118988

Hi


> Voting will run 2 weeks until:
> 
> 2022-11-23 at 09:00 UTC

Voting just closed. The RFC [1] was fully accepted.

(1) The addition of getBytesFromString() was unanimously accepted with 
18 Votes.

(2) The addition of the floating point-related methods was accepted with 
16 (Yes) to 1 (No) vote (94%).

[1] https://wiki.php.net/rfc/randomizer_additions

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The implementations can be found in:

Vote 1: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/9664
Vote 2: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/9679

and are now pending clean up and review.

Best regards
Tim Düsterhus
