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Re: /dev/random is hot garbage

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Subject: Re: /dev/random is hot garbage
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 22:38:59 +0200

On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 07:20:08PM +0000, Taylor R Campbell wrote:
> This is _locally_ sensible for a library that may have many users
> beyond a compiler.

No, it can be sensible behavior to allow *optionally* checking. But it
is certainly not sensible default behavior for a library.

Joerg

References:
- Re: /dev/random is hot garbage
  - From: Manuel Bouyer
- Re: /dev/random is hot garbage
  - From: Taylor R Campbell

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