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The current version of Rand is 0.9.0-beta.1.

0.8.5 (older version) safe-to-run

From kornelski/crev-proofs copy of salsa.debian.org.

Packaged for Debian (stable). Changelog:

  • Team upload.
  • Package rand 0.8.5 from crates.io using debcargo 2.6.0 (Closes: #1024375)
  • Skip known test failures on x87.

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The current version of Rand is 0.9.0-beta.1.

0.8.3 (older version) Rating: Positive Thoroughness: Low Understanding: Low

by mgeisler on 2021-05-07

This is the standard crate for random number generation. I use it in my own projects.

The code uses unsafe in a few places for performance reasons such as SIMD support. It is hard for me to say if this is safe, but I have had no problems with it myself.

0.8.1 (older version) Rating: Positive Thoroughness: Low Understanding: Low

by mgeisler on 2021-05-07

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This is the standard crate for random number generation. I use it in my own projects.

The code uses unsafe in a few places for performance reasons such as SIMD support. It is hard for me to say if this is safe, but I have had no problems with it myself.

0.6.5 (older version) Rating: Positive Thoroughness: Low Understanding: Medium

Approved without comment by gitlab.com/KonradBorowski on 2019-07-31

0.6.1 (older version) Rating: Strong Positive Thoroughness: None Understanding: Low

by dpc on 2018-12-20

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I failed to review the whole thing. I looked at unsafes and when through ~10 random files. LGTM, but considering how important this crate it, my understanding of it is insufficient.

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