method

new_seed

v2_5_5 - Show latest stable - Class: Random

new_seed()

public

Returns an arbitrary seed value. This is used by Random.new when no seed value is specified as an argument.

Random.new_seed  #=> 115032730400174366788466674494640623225

static VALUE
random_seed(void)
{
    VALUE v;
    uint32_t buf[DEFAULT_SEED_CNT+1];
    fill_random_seed(buf, DEFAULT_SEED_CNT);
    v = make_seed_value(buf, DEFAULT_SEED_CNT);
    explicit_bzero(buf, DEFAULT_SEED_LEN);
    return v;
}

new_seed

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