random3tcl
Create and manipulate randomizer channels
Usage
package require Tcl
package require memchan
random
Overview
random-
creates a random channel which absorbs everything written into it and uses it as a seed for a random number generator. This generator is used to create a random sequence of bytes when reading from the channel. It is not possible to seek the channel.
Options
Memory channels created by random provide one additional option to set or query.
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-delay ?milliseconds? -
A
randomchannel is always writable and readable. This means that allfileevent-handlers will fire continuously. To avoid starvation of other event sources the events raised by this channel type have a configurable delay. This option is set in milliseconds and defaults to 5.
Keywords
channel, i/o, in-memory channel, random
Releases
9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 3 times.