如何创建线程安全的rand.Source？

Question

The documentation for the standard-library rand.NewSource function states that,

Unlike the default Source used by top-level functions, this source is not safe for concurrent use by multiple goroutines.

Is there a way to create a thread-safe rand.Source?

Context: I have a type with a method that may be called by multiple go-routines, and this method uses random numbers. I want to support dependency injection for testing, so I can't use the default Source.

Answer 1

After some sleuthing, I learned that the way to go is to protect the Source with a mutex. The standard library even contains an implementation, lockedSource, but the relevant type is not exported.