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--- rfc:rng_fixes [2016/07/07 10:32] – Add votes leigh
+++ rfc:rng_fixes [2016/07/07 13:49] – leigh
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 As <php>mt_rand()</php> can be seeded for repeatable sequences the current implementation makes it incompatible with other systems that do use correct implementations. However fixing it also means that the sequence generated for a given seed in PHP will also now be different.
-The legacy implementation will be preserved and be selectable with a new `mt_rand_mode(int $mode)` function, along with new constants representing the two modes.
+The legacy implementation will be preserved and be selectable with a new `mt_srand(int $seed [, int $mode])` parameter, along with new constants representing the two modes. The default will be the fixed algorithm.
 <doodle title="Fix mt_rand() implementation" auth="leigh" voteType="single" closed="false">