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Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2022 01:43:54 +0100
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] treewide: use get_random_u32_between() when
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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