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rand.go
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package lib
import (
crand "crypto/rand"
"math"
"math/big"
"math/rand"
"sync"
"time"
)
var (
once sync.Once
// SeededSecurely is set to true if a cryptographically secure seed
// was used to initialize rand. When false, the start time is used
// as a seed.
SeededSecurely bool
)
// SeedMathRand provides weak, but guaranteed seeding, which is better than
// running with Go's default seed of 1. A call to SeedMathRand() is expected
// to be called via init(), but never a second time.
func SeedMathRand() {
once.Do(func() {
n, err := crand.Int(crand.Reader, big.NewInt(math.MaxInt64))
if err != nil {
rand.Seed(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
return
}
rand.Seed(n.Int64())
SeededSecurely = true
})
}