[Issue 10899] std.random.Random default RNG type should be customizable at compile-time

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10899

Vladimir Panteleev <dlang-bugzilla at thecybershadow.net> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |dlang-bugzilla at thecybershad
                   |                            |ow.net
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX

--- Comment #1 from Vladimir Panteleev <dlang-bugzilla at thecybershadow.net> ---
Hmm, I don't think this is going to be implemented, because...

- Historically the BDFLs have been opposed by compiler switches which change
program behaviour.

- Changing the RNG globally may break existing code which used Random with a
fixed seed.

- As you've mentioned,

(In reply to Joseph Rushton Wakeling from comment #0)
> Caveats: Could a build-local customization of Random have implications for
> linking?  I guess redefining the alias itself is not a problem but there
> could also be problems with clashes in the namespace for rndGen.

Random is an alias, so any symbols which have Random in their signature will
have different mangling (and fully-resolved type) depending on the compile-time
Random version selected.

- This bug is close to 4 years old with no replies, so I doubt someone is going
to start working on this now.

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