source: webkit/trunk/JavaScriptCore/wtf/RandomNumber.h@ 47667

Last change on this file since 47667 was 40968, checked in by [email protected], 16 years ago

Math.random is really slow on windows.

Reviewed by Jon Honeycutt.

Math.random calls WTF::randomNumber which is implemented as
the secure rand_s on windows. Unfortunately rand_s is an order
of magnitude slower than arc4random. For this reason I've
added "weakRandomNumber" for use by JavaScript's Math Object.
In the long term we should look at using our own secure PRNG
in place of the system, but this will do for now.

30% win on SunSpider on Windows, resolving most of the remaining
disparity vs. Mac.

File size: 1.8 KB
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25
26#ifndef WTF_RandomNumber_h
27#define WTF_RandomNumber_h
28
29namespace WTF {
30
31 // Returns a pseudo-random number in the range [0, 1), attempts to be
32 // cryptographically secure if possible on the target platform
33 double randomNumber();
34
35 // Returns a pseudo-random number in the range [0, 1), attempts to
36 // produce a reasonable "random" number fast.
37 // We only need this because rand_s is so slow on windows.
38 double weakRandomNumber();
39
40}
41
42#endif
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