Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Uuid and header-only support
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-11-05 14:19:30
James E. King, III wrote:
> I'm adding boost::uuids::random_device_solo which is a
> basic_random_generator of random_device (header-only) type, ...
That's not a very good name. :-)
> ... and documented it as optimal for one-off UUID generation, whereas the
> 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.