Forum: Ruby-core [Ruby 1.9 - Feature #4938][Open] Add Random.bytes [patch]

Issue #4938 has been reported by Marc-Andre Lafortune.

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Feature #4938: Add Random.bytes [patch]
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/4938

Author: Marc-Andre Lafortune
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: Nobuyoshi Nakada
Category: core
Target version: 1.9.x


It could be useful to add a `Random.bytes` method (equivalent to 
`Random::DEFAULT.bytes`), as per the simple patch attached.

Issue #4938 has been updated by marcandre (Marc-Andre Lafortune).


Comment about this trivial feature would be appreciated.
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Feature #4938: Add Random.bytes [patch]
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/4938#change-32801

Author: marcandre (Marc-Andre Lafortune)
Status: Assigned
Priority: Normal
Assignee: nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)
Category: core
Target version: 2.0.0


It could be useful to add a `Random.bytes` method (equivalent to 
`Random::DEFAULT.bytes`), as per the simple patch attached.

Issue #4938 has been updated by mrkn (Kenta Murata).

Target version changed from 2.0.0 to next minor

I think it is useful and acceptable to introduce, but 2.0 is already 
frozen about its features, so the target version should be next-minor.
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Feature #4938: Add Random.bytes [patch]
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/4938#change-32806

Author: marcandre (Marc-Andre Lafortune)
Status: Assigned
Priority: Normal
Assignee: nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)
Category: core
Target version: next minor


It could be useful to add a `Random.bytes` method (equivalent to 
`Random::DEFAULT.bytes`), as per the simple patch attached.