Std.os.getrandom missing?

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I’m basically following the example here for a RNG:

const std = @import("std");
const expect = std.testing.expect;

// Random number generator used all over
pub fn ourRng() !std.rand.DefaultPrng {
    return std.rand.DefaultPrng.init(blk: {
        var seed: u64 = undefined;
        try std.os.getrandom(std.mem.asBytes(&seed));
        break :blk seed;
    });
}

But I get the error that

error: root struct of file 'os' has no member named 'getrandom'

That’s exactly the case, but I’m a bit lost on how to use the new? stdRandom for the same purpose. Once I get that done, I will dutifully make a PR to the documentation

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std.os renamed to std.posix in zig 0.12.0.

You are looking for std.posix.getrandom.

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I went as promised to fix the guide and I see it’s already fixed The issue seems to be that the latest version is not deployed as such in the site?

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Zig Gude is not an official resource by the zig team. You’d have to query on GitHub to see why it’s hasn’t been updated on the live site.

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