BOTAN(3em)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so this whole page is about botan, aka the Botan bindings for Emilua. Bestie, it’s giving randomness, and we’re gonna walk through it together. ✨

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

you pull in the RNG like this, no cap:

local rng = require "botan".random_number_generator

💖 FUNCTIONS 💖

🔥 system() → random_number_generator

returns a shared reference to a global PRNG instance provided by the operating system. For instance, it might be instantiated by /dev/urandom or CryptGenRandom. Yes, literally those exact examples — not me making stuff up. 💅

🦋 auto_seeded.new([reseed_interval: integer]) → random_number_generator

returns a newly allocated auto-seeded RNG object. The reseed_interval is optional and it’s an integer — that’s the whole vibe of the signature, bestie. 🫶

🌸 randomize(self, output: byte_span)

places random bytes into output. That’s it — it fills your byte_span with randomness. ⭐

👑 PROPERTIES 👑

💜 name: string

the name of this RNG type. It’s a string, obviously. iconic. 🎀

mwah 💋 — this page is from Emilua 0.12.1, dated 1980-01-01.