From 04dca7911ea255f37be799c18d74c305b921c1a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Pall <mike>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 01:26:29 +0200
Subject: Call math.randomseed() without arguments to seed from system entropy.

Reminder: the math.random() PRNG is NOT SUITABLE FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC USE.
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 doc/extensions.html | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/extensions.html b/doc/extensions.html
index c1c9a808..e9aaa096 100644
--- a/doc/extensions.html
+++ b/doc/extensions.html
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ and let the GC do its work.
 LuaJIT uses a Tausworthe PRNG with period 2^223 to implement
 <tt>math.random()</tt> and <tt>math.randomseed()</tt>. The quality of
 the PRNG results is much superior compared to the standard Lua
-implementation, which uses the platform-specific ANSI rand().
+implementation, which uses the platform-specific ANSI <tt>rand()</tt>.
 </p>
 <p>
 The PRNG generates the same sequences from the same seeds on all
@@ -276,6 +276,10 @@ It's correctly scaled up and rounded for <tt>math.random(n&nbsp;[,m])</tt> to
 preserve uniformity.
 </p>
 <p>
+Call <tt>math.randomseed()</tt> without any arguments to seed it from
+system entropy.
+</p>
+<p>
 Important: Neither this nor any other PRNG based on the simplistic
 <tt>math.random()</tt> API is suitable for cryptographic use.
 </p>
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