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David Greenspan ca9b8f571f Version bumps
Tried to get everything to an rc.0 of the very latest version,
which required some research in some cases about the published
versions.  For example, some packages had version histories like:

```
...
  1.0.3-winr.2               January 20th, 2015
  1.0.3-winr.3               February 24th, 2015   installed
  1.0.3                      March 17th, 2015      installed
  1.0.4-anubhav.0            August 6th, 2015
  1.0.4-plugins.0            July 22nd, 2015
  1.0.5-galaxy.0             July 17th, 2015
```

In this case, I would bump the version from `1.0.4-plugins.0`
to `1.0.5-rc.0`, skipping `1.0.4`.
2015-08-10 22:10:52 -07:00
..
2013-07-25 18:54:42 -07:00
2015-08-10 22:10:52 -07:00
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random

The random package provides several functions for generating random numbers. It uses a cryptographically strong pseudorandom number generator when possible, but falls back to a weaker random number generator when cryptographically strong randomness is not available (on older browsers or on servers that don't have enough entropy to seed the cryptographically strong generator).

  • Random.id([n]) - Returns a unique identifier, such as "Jjwjg6gouWLXhMGKW", that is likely to be unique in the whole world. The optional argument n specifies the length of the identifier in characters and defaults to 17.

  • Random.secret([n]) - Returns a random string of printable characters with 6 bits of entropy per character. The optional argument n specifies the length of the secret string and defaults to 43 characters, or 256 bits of entropy. Use Random.secret for security-critical secrets that are intended for machine, rather than human, consumption.

  • Random.fraction() - Returns a number between 0 and 1, like Math.random.

  • Random.choice(arrayOrString) - Returns a random element of the given array or string.

  • Random.hexString(n) - Returns a random string of n hexadecimal digits.