Bring back old semantics to random and randomSeed, add secureRandom #2142
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As discussed in #1710.
random(howbig)
andrandom(howsmall, howbig)
functions will return values from HW PRNG.randomSeed
is called, these functions will switch back to software PRNG to maintain compatibility with standard Arduino behaviour.secureRandom(howbig)
andsecureRandom(howsmall, howbig)
— these always return values from HW PRNG and don't depend onrandomSeed
calls.