From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] treewide: use get_random_u32_between() when possible
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 01:43:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y3WDyl8ArQgeEoUU@zx2c4.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202211161628.164F47F@keescook>
On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 04:31:18PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 01:03:14AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:55:47AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > > 2) What to call it:
> > > - between I still like, because it mirrors "I'm thinking of a number
> > > between 1 and 10 and..." that everybody knows,
> > > - inclusive I guess works, but it's not a preposition,
> > > - bikeshed color #3?
> >
> > - between
> > - ranged
> > - spanning
> >
> > https://www.thefreedictionary.com/List-of-prepositions.htm
> > - amid
> >
> > Sigh, names.
>
> I think "inclusive" is best.
I find it not very descriptive of what the function does. Is there one
you like second best? Or are you convinced they're all much much much
worse than "inclusive" that they shouldn't be considered?
Jason
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-17 0:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-14 16:45 [PATCH v2 0/3] convert tree to get_random_u32_{below,above,between}() Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-11-14 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] treewide: use get_random_u32_{above,below}() instead of manual loop Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-11-14 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] treewide: use get_random_u32_between() when possible Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-11-16 22:43 ` Kees Cook
2022-11-16 23:55 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-11-17 0:03 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-11-17 0:31 ` Kees Cook
2022-11-17 0:43 ` Jason A. Donenfeld [this message]
2022-11-17 0:47 ` Kees Cook
2022-11-17 15:42 ` Theodore Ts'o
2022-11-17 16:19 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-11-17 22:15 ` David Laight
2022-11-17 2:05 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-11-17 10:32 ` Russell King (Oracle)
[not found] ` <20221114164558.1180362-2-Jason@zx2c4.com>
2022-11-14 17:35 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] treewide: use get_random_u32_below() instead of deprecated function Russell King (Oracle)
2022-11-17 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] convert tree to get_random_u32_{below,above,inclusive}() Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-11-17 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] treewide: use get_random_u32_{above,below}() instead of manual loop Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-11-17 21:58 ` Kees Cook
2022-11-17 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] treewide: use get_random_u32_inclusive() when possible Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-11-17 21:57 ` Kees Cook
2022-11-17 22:10 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
[not found] ` <20221117202906.2312482-2-Jason@zx2c4.com>
2022-11-17 21:59 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] treewide: use get_random_u32_below() instead of deprecated function Kees Cook
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