Re: [PATCH] zsh/random module [UPDATED]

[Stephane Chazelas <stephane@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2022-11-25 08:53:11 +0000, Stephane Chazelas:
[...]
> and also looping until the value is
> different from the previous one (!? is that a guarantee also
> given by getrandom()?)).
[...]

From testing, it doesn't.

bash -c 'until (( (new = SRANDOM) == last )); do last=$new; done'

(where getrandom() is being used) eventually terminates.

Maybe the loop was added as a safeguard against programming
errors or corner cases.

-- 
Stephane