Struct rand::rngs::ThreadRng [−][src]
pub struct ThreadRng { /* fields omitted */ }
The type returned by thread_rng
, essentially just a reference to the
PRNG in thread-local memory.
ThreadRng
uses ReseedingRng
wrapping the same PRNG as StdRng
,
which is reseeded after generating 32 MiB of random data. A single instance
is cached per thread and the returned ThreadRng
is a reference to this
instance — hence ThreadRng
is neither Send
nor Sync
but is safe to use
within a single thread. This RNG is seeded and reseeded via EntropyRng
as required.
Note that the reseeding is done as an extra precaution against entropy
leaks and is in theory unnecessary — to predict ThreadRng
's output, an
attacker would have to either determine most of the RNG's seed or internal
state, or crack the algorithm used.
Like StdRng
, ThreadRng
is a cryptographically secure PRNG. The current
algorithm used is HC-128, which is an array-based PRNG that trades memory
usage for better performance. This makes it similar to ISAAC, the algorithm
used in ThreadRng
before rand 0.5.
Cloning this handle just produces a new reference to the same thread-local generator.
Trait Implementations
impl Clone for ThreadRng
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impl Clone for ThreadRng
impl Debug for ThreadRng
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impl Debug for ThreadRng
impl RngCore for ThreadRng
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impl RngCore for ThreadRng
impl CryptoRng for ThreadRng
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impl CryptoRng for ThreadRng