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| author | Guilherme Andrade <[email protected]> | 2017-03-18 17:27:35 +0000 |
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| committer | Guilherme Andrade <[email protected]> | 2017-03-18 18:06:36 +0000 |
| commit | 77039e648c8a62bfc4f0242531d5fd4874b29aad (patch) | |
| tree | 3ed70566ce80b0feac00a0b36c2cb070c4e5a1b6 /lib/crypto/doc | |
| parent | e50f63fbb2c974b4b8ad50095ca0b16a846fc161 (diff) | |
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Support cryptographically strong rand plugin
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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml | 29 |
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diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml index dc725a41be..7a5bd62c26 100644 --- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml +++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml @@ -767,6 +767,35 @@ </func> <func> + <name>rand_seed() -> rand:state()</name> + <fsummary>Strong random number generation plugin state</fsummary>> + <desc> + Creates state object for <seealso marker="stdlib:rand">random number generation</seealso>, + in order to generate cryptographically strong random numbers + (based on OpenSSL's <c>BN_rand_range</c>), + and saves it on process dictionary before returning it as well. + See also <seealso marker="stdlib:rand#seed-1">rand:seed/1</seealso> + + <p><em>Example</em></p> + <pre> +crypto:rand_seed(), +_IntegerValue = rand:uniform(42), % [1; 42] +_FloatValue = rand:uniform(). % [0.0; 1.0]</pre> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name>rand_seed_s() -> rand:state()</name> + <fsummary>Strong random number generation plugin state</fsummary>> + <desc> + Creates state object for <seealso marker="stdlib:rand">random number generation</seealso>, + in order to generate cryptographically strongly random numbers + (based on OpenSSL's <c>BN_rand_range</c>). + See also <seealso marker="stdlib:rand#seed_s-1">rand:seed_s/1</seealso> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> <name>stream_init(Type, Key) -> State</name> <fsummary></fsummary> <type> |