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confusing lack of full name for StdRng on guide-rngs.html #58

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The table in https://rust-random.github.io/book/guide-rngs.html#cryptographically-secure-pseudo-random-number-generators-csprngs lists StdRng with known properties for "performance", "initialization", "memory", "security (predictability)", "forward secrecy", but notably does NOT give its full name: ChaCha12. This is confusing.

Like, what are we trying to do here? If we don't want to tie the choice of RNG down to ChaCha12, we would have no definite answers for "performance", "initialization", "memory", etc. either. If we have definite answers for these columns, it naturally follows that we definitely know what generator it is using.

While we're at it, it's a little fishy that ChaCha12 is running slower than ChaCha20. Is this a fluke in the benchmark, outdated table, or some real performance issue?

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