Random values based on user-defined seed
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#20 Random values based on user-defined seed
It would be important to have a new 'generator' and/or 'fill' option for generating random values based on a 'seed' defined by the user.
Example:
1. generation of a S-file containing holes (e.g. linker output)
2. filling holes with random (with user-defined seed)
This feature will allow re-creation of the exactly the same image starting from the original image and the same seed (extremely useful when images generated by a team shall be re-created and verified by another team).
Discussion
If you wanted a repeatable pseudo-random sequence, then this could easily be generated by taking a known source file and encrypting it either using one of the encryption generators or an external source.
If there is value beyond that offered by the above then, please describe it (or even better supply a patch).