Re: [boost] Boost.Uuid and header-only support

5 Nov 2017


      On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 9:19 AM, Peter Dimov via Boost 
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James E. King, III wrote:
I'm adding boost::uuids::random_device_solo which is a
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basic_random_generator of random_device (header-only) type, ...
That's not a very good name. :-)
It's not committed yet. :>
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... and documented it as optimal for one-off UUID generation, whereas the
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standard random_generator is best suited to be reused (in a thread-safe
manner) for multiple uuid generation.
You're still using "optimal" only with respect to performance. It's never
optimal for random numbers to not be cryptographically secure.
Issues are always welcome.

- Jim