Feature #20893: random/formatter.rb: Separate from securerandom

• Status: Open
• Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
• Target version: -

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

For historical reasons, random/formatter.rb is included in ruby​​​​/securerandom, but it does not contain any security-related methods as evidenced by the fact that its path is not under securerandom/, but only contains generic methods for PRNGs, including the standard class Random.

So I propose to either:

1. put it back in the standard library, or
2. separate it into a new gem.

Adding a new dependency may not be welcomed, as seen in the recent issues with base64.

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

lol

$ git ls-files -- '**/random/formatter.rb'
lib/bundler/vendor/securerandom/lib/random/formatter.rb
lib/random/formatter.rb
lib/rubygems/vendor/securerandom/lib/random/formatter.rb

[hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)]

put it back in the standard library, or

I prefer that approach.