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authorZandra <zandra@erlang.org>2015-11-20 10:01:48 +0100
committerZandra <zandra@erlang.org>2015-11-20 10:01:48 +0100
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Merge branch 'riverrun/maint' into maint
* riverrun/maint: Recommend against using crypto:rand_bytes
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diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml
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--- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml
+++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml
@@ -601,8 +601,11 @@
</type>
<desc>
<p>Generates N bytes randomly uniform 0..255, and returns the
- result in a binary. Uses the <c>crypto</c> library pseudo-random
- number generator.</p>
+ result in a binary. Uses the <c>crypto</c> library pseudo-random
+ number generator.</p>
+ <p>This function is not recommended for cryptographic purposes.
+ Please use <seealso marker="#strong_rand_bytes/1">
+ strong_rand_bytes/1</seealso> instead.</p>
</desc>
</func>