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For Issue #4709:
**c531506 rt: rand.rs expects `rust_next()` to return `uint32_t`, not `size_t`**
rand.rs expects `rustrt::rand_next()` to return `u32`, but the `rand_next()` C function returns `size_t`: ca71c6ec5b/src/libcore/rand.rs (L34)
**f4320b6 move isaac RNG utility functions to new rust_rng.cpp file**
**665e900 encapsulate isaac RNG in `rust_rng` struct**
Move isaac's `randctx` into a `rust_rng` struct to make names similar to `rand::Rng` function names and prepare for auto-reseeding in the next commit.
**9a78dc9 reseed `rust_rng` after generating 32KB**
Precedents from other languages:
* Haskell's `GenAutoReseed` generator reseeds itself after generating 32KB: http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/DRBG/0.1.2/doc/html/Crypto-Random-DRBG.html#t:GenAutoReseed
* Go's RNG reseeds itself after generating 1MB: https://code.google.com/p/go/source/browse/src/pkg/crypto/rand/rand_unix.go?name=go1.0.3#94
**9a76d71 don't deplete RNG entropy when there is only one runnable task**
`rust_sched_loop::schedule_task()` unnecessarily calls `isaac_rand()` for the common case when there is only 1 runnable task, thus depleting RNG entropy and incurring unnecessary overhead.
The Rust Programming Language
This is a compiler for Rust, including standard libraries, tools and documentation.
Installation
The Rust compiler currently must be built from a tarball, unless you are on Windows, in which case using the installer is recommended.
Since the Rust compiler is written in Rust, it must be built by a precompiled "snapshot" version of itself (made in an earlier state of development). As such, source builds require a connection to the Internet, to fetch snapshots, and an OS that can execute the available snapshot binaries.
Snapshot binaries are currently built and tested on several platforms:
- Windows (7, Server 2008 R2), x86 only
- Linux (various distributions), x86 and x86-64
- OSX 10.6 ("Snow Leopard") or greater, x86 and x86-64
You may find that other platforms work, but these are our "tier 1" supported build environments that are most likely to work.
Note: Windows users should read the detailed getting started notes on the wiki. Even when using the binary installer the Windows build requires a MinGW installation, the precise details of which are not discussed here.
To build from source you will also need the following prerequisite packages:
- g++ 4.4 or clang++ 3.x
- python 2.6 or later (but not 3.x)
- perl 5.0 or later
- gnu make 3.81 or later
- curl
Assuming you're on a relatively modern *nix system and have met the prerequisites, something along these lines should work.
$ curl -O http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.5.tar.gz
$ tar -xzf rust-0.5.tar.gz
$ cd rust-0.5
$ ./configure
$ make && make install
You may need to use sudo make install if you do not normally have
permission to modify the destination directory. The install locations
can be adjusted by passing a --prefix argument to
configure. Various other options are also supported, pass --help
for more information on them.
When complete, make install will place several programs into
/usr/local/bin: rustc, the Rust compiler; rustdoc, the
API-documentation tool, and cargo, the Rust package manager.
License
Rust is primarily distributed under the terms of both the MIT license and the Apache License (Version 2.0), with portions covered by various BSD-like licenses.
See LICENSE-APACHE, LICENSE-MIT, and COPYRIGHT for details.
More help
The tutorial is a good starting point.