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Diffstat (limited to 'src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 index 020c72805f..0770d20f09 100644 --- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 +++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 | |||
| @@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ | |||
| 25 | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | 25 | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF |
| 26 | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. | 26 | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. |
| 27 | .\" | 27 | .\" |
| 28 | .\" $OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.28 2014/12/09 21:55:39 jmc Exp $ | 28 | .\" $OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.29 2021/02/12 17:03:51 deraadt Exp $ |
| 29 | .\" | 29 | .\" |
| 30 | .Dd $Mdocdate: December 9 2014 $ | 30 | .Dd $Mdocdate: February 12 2021 $ |
| 31 | .Dt RANDOM 3 | 31 | .Dt RANDOM 3 |
| 32 | .Os | 32 | .Os |
| 33 | .Sh NAME | 33 | .Sh NAME |
| @@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ a default table of size 31 long integers to return successive pseudo-random | |||
| 96 | numbers in the range from 0 to (2**31)\-1. | 96 | numbers in the range from 0 to (2**31)\-1. |
| 97 | The period of this random number generator is very large, approximately | 97 | The period of this random number generator is very large, approximately |
| 98 | 16*((2**31)\-1), but the results are a deterministic sequence from the seed. | 98 | 16*((2**31)\-1), but the results are a deterministic sequence from the seed. |
| 99 | The deterministic sequence algorithm changed a number of times since | ||
| 100 | original development, is underspecified, and should not be relied upon to | ||
| 101 | remain consistent between platforms and over time. | ||
| 99 | .Pp | 102 | .Pp |
| 100 | The | 103 | The |
| 101 | .Fn initstate | 104 | .Fn initstate |
