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Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Uuid and header-only support
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-11-05 19:33:10


On 11/05/17 19:23, James E. King, III via Boost wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Peter Dimov via Boost <
> boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> 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. :-)
>>>
> I changed it to random_generator_os, temporarily, but pending more
> discussion it may become random_generator.

I can throw in another candidate. :) Since the new generator is supposed
to be using solely random entropy from system, I would suggest
random_entropy_generator.


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