Add a warning about the subtle global state in legacy random functions#5414
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TimWolla
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Thank you. I need to think about this a little more. Perhaps it's best to also have a generic “global state bad” message on the affected functions and just mention the fork gotcha in an “aside”.
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I've refocused this on simply being a warning on the legacy random pages. Let me know if you'd like to see any other changes or improvements. I've left pcntl out entirely, because arguably this problem is just that these functions still exist and the flaw is their use, rather than any overlap with pcntl. |
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Fixes php/php-src#21351
Replaces php/php-src#21352