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so it is not guaranteed to be thread-safe (for now).
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@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ accordingly (both around `sodium_init()` and around other functions).
Sodium also provides helper functions to generate random numbers, Sodium also provides helper functions to generate random numbers,
leveraging `/dev/urandom` or `/dev/random` on *nix and the cryptographic leveraging `/dev/urandom` or `/dev/random` on *nix and the cryptographic
service provider on Windows. The interface is similar to service provider on Windows. The interface is similar to
`arc4random(3)`. It is `fork(2)`-safe but not thread-safe. `arc4random(3)`. It is `fork(2)`-safe but not thread-safe. This holds
true for `crypto_sign_keypair()` as well.
uint32_t randombytes_random(void); uint32_t randombytes_random(void);