Re:You'll regret using natural keys
by whyever on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @04:21AM
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Please don't use % to generate integers from a range, it's not uniform, which can be disastrous if you rely on your numbers not being predictable. You can use crypto.randomInt instead.
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Re:You'll regret using natural keys
by CodesInChaos on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @04:07PM
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That is definitely an improvement, but I find that concern a bit exaggerated.
If all you need is unpredictability, a minor bias is sub-optimal but not disastrous. The 256 % 62 bias used here should reduce the min-entropy per character by 5%. And you can easily minimize the bias by using larger integer than a single 8-bit byte. There few algorithms where minor biases cause a disaster, like DSA.