[Development] What to do with qrand/qsrand?

[Thiago Macieira]

On quarta-feira, 14 de junho de 2017 08:26:50 PDT Jason H wrote:
> Given the number of softwares that are compromised by bad random number
> generation practices, I'd suggest we invert the normal behavior - random by
> default. If they need predictability then make them seed with a constant
> seed.

That is why I added QRandomGenerator, which has a (reasonably) secure default 
behaviour. But it will degrade if you abuse it.

The question though is what to do with qrand. Code using it is not secure at 
all, so does it matter if we change it?

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