[PATCH v2 3/3] treewide: use get_random_u32_between() when possible

Jason A. Donenfeld Jason at zx2c4.com
Thu Nov 17 11:43:54 AEDT 2022


On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 04:31:18PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 01:03:14AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:55:47AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > > 2) What to call it:
> > >    - between I still like, because it mirrors "I'm thinking of a number
> > >      between 1 and 10 and..." that everybody knows,
> > >    - inclusive I guess works, but it's not a preposition,
> > >    - bikeshed color #3?
> > 
> > - between
> > - ranged
> > - spanning
> > 
> > https://www.thefreedictionary.com/List-of-prepositions.htm
> > - amid
> > 
> > Sigh, names.
> 
> I think "inclusive" is best.

I find it not very descriptive of what the function does. Is there one
you like second best? Or are you convinced they're all much much much
worse than "inclusive" that they shouldn't be considered?

Jason


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