Re: use of rand() in zsh

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On 10/11/2022 1:31 AM, Roman Perepelitsa wrote:
> I would use it, and I think most uses of $RANDOM would be better off
> as $SRANDOM.
>
> In the meantime I'm using this:
> https://gist.github.com/romkatv/a6cede40714ec77d4da73605c5ddb36a
>
> Roman.
The question then is how should it be implemented:

1. Implement a shopt that changed the behavior of RANDOM (Pleasing 
because of the elegance of using RANDOM for good random values, but 
probably too confusing)

2. Simply implement a new parameter called SRANDOM (simplest, but change 
to core zsh interface)

3. Write a module (e.g. zsh/random) that introduced a new special 
parameter when loaded (more complicated, but isolated to those who want 
it and possible to fail on systems that don't have a kernel entropy pool)