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Help people looking for random bytes find DefaultRandomSource.fill_bytes - #157221
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…domness `getrandom` is both a crate for this and the name of the underlying syscall on various OSes. `getentropy` and `arc4random` are common library calls on various OSes.
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…as, r=jhpratt Help people looking for random bytes find `DefaultRandomSource.fill_bytes` Mention, in the `DefaultRandomSource` docs, how to fill a buffer with random bytes. Add doc aliases for `DefaultRandomSource`, for people looking for various sources of randomness. `getrandom` is both a crate for this and the name of the underlying syscall on various OSes. `getentropy` and `arc4random` are common library calls on various OSes.
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…as, r=jhpratt Help people looking for random bytes find `DefaultRandomSource.fill_bytes` Mention, in the `DefaultRandomSource` docs, how to fill a buffer with random bytes. Add doc aliases for `DefaultRandomSource`, for people looking for various sources of randomness. `getrandom` is both a crate for this and the name of the underlying syscall on various OSes. `getentropy` and `arc4random` are common library calls on various OSes.
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Rollup of 6 pull requests Successful merges: - #156832 (library: use strict provenance lints consistently) - #157223 (rustdoc: Fix ICE on delegated async functions) - #156528 (Explicitly request copying `rustc-dev` artifacts for rustfmt/clippy and add rustc libs path for rustc-private tools under `download-rustc`) - #157059 (update TargetFeature::Forbidden docs) - #157159 (Fix CI free-disk-space-linux script) - #157221 (Help people looking for random bytes find `DefaultRandomSource.fill_bytes`)
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Rollup merge of #157221 - joshtriplett:random-source-doc-alias, r=jhpratt Help people looking for random bytes find `DefaultRandomSource.fill_bytes` Mention, in the `DefaultRandomSource` docs, how to fill a buffer with random bytes. Add doc aliases for `DefaultRandomSource`, for people looking for various sources of randomness. `getrandom` is both a crate for this and the name of the underlying syscall on various OSes. `getentropy` and `arc4random` are common library calls on various OSes.
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Mention, in the
DefaultRandomSourcedocs, how to fill a buffer with random bytes.Add doc aliases for
DefaultRandomSource, for people looking for various sources of randomness.getrandomis both a crate for this and the name of the underlying syscall on various OSes.getentropyandarc4randomare common library calls on various OSes.