Re: Should Emacs provide a uuid function?

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Mon, 09 May 2011 18:36:19 +0300 Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote: 

>> From: Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden>
>> Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 10:27:53 -0500
>> 
>> Random number generation is implemented very well in GnuTLS, though
>> (cryptographers care about randomness more than almost anyone else).
>> 
>> Maybe we should make GnuTLS a source of random numbers together with a
>> slower ELisp version when GnuTLS is not available?  That would work for
>> everyone, I think.

EZ> I like Ching's proposal better.  There's nothing to prevent us from
EZ> improving the existing `random' to support cryptographic strength
EZ> random numbers, is there?

With Chong's proposal GnuTLS would be used, so I think it's fine :)

Ted